Rowland, K.Afshar Vahid, S.Monro, T.2011-09-062011-09-062007Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communcation Conference (OFC), held in Anaheim, California, 2007155752830697815575283082162-2701http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66006We predict the existence of a low loss bandgap in hollow-core all-silica Bragg fibers. Approaches for scaling this gap to a range of operating wavelengths are evaluated.en© 2007 OSAReducing confinement loss in all-silica Bragg bandgap fibersConference paper00201099452-s2.0-848987996362-s2.0-8489909630129173