在１１月ＩＥＥＥ激光与光电子学协会的年度会议期间，来自英国Ｂａｔｈ大学的研究人员报导了在光子晶体光纤中产生白光超连续区和近红外孤子．由沿着其长度的周期性空气穴阵列构成的二氧化硅玻璃光纤形成了二维光子晶体，其横断面是周期性的，但在法向上则是均一的． 根据会议 During the November IEEE Annual Meeting of the Society of Laser and Optoelectronics, researchers from the University of Bath in the UK reported the production of supercontinuum and near-infrared solitons in photonic crystal fibers. A two-dimensional photonic crystal is formed from a silica glass optical fiber consisting of a periodic array of air holes along its length that is periodic in cross-section but uniform in the normal direction. According to the meeting