Polarization-Independent Splitter Based on All-Solid Silica-Based Photonic-Crystal Fibers

Author

Chen, Ming-Yang ; Zhou, Jun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt. Eng., Jiangsu Univ., Zhenjiang

Volume

24

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

5082

Lastpage

5086

Abstract

A novel polarization-independent splitter based on index-guiding all-solid silica-based photonic-crystal fibers is proposed. The polarization-independent feature of the splitter is realized by reducing the difference in coupling lengths between the two polarization states to lower than 1%, which is due to the low index contrast in the splitter. Numerical results obtained for a device length of 10.69 mm show crosstalks of as low as -20 dB with bandwidths as great as 25.4 and 42.2 nm around the wavelengths of 1.55 and 1.31 mum, respectively

Keywords

optical beam splitters; optical crosstalk; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; 1.31 mum; 1.55 mum; 10.69 mm; SiO₂; coupling length; crosstalks; photonic-crystal fibers; polarization-independent splitter; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Preforms; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing; Multiplexing; optical fiber communication; optical fiber devices; photonic-crystal fiber (PCF); polarization-independent coupling; splitter;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2006.885247

Filename

4063418