Birefringence Characteristics of Squeezed Lattice Photonic Crystal Fibers

Author

Song, Peng ; Zhang, Lu ; Wang, Zhi ; Hu, Qianggao ; Zhao, Shengzhi ; Jiang, Shan ; Liu, Shuihua

Author_Institution

Shandong Univ., Jinan

Volume

25

Issue

7

fYear

2007

fDate

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1771

Lastpage

1776

Abstract

By using the supercell lattice method, we investigate the influence of the squeezing lattice on the birefringence characteristics of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). We first define the concept of squeezing ratio and then present a model, with which several types of PCFs are simulated. Simulation results show that the squeezing of PCFs´ lattice with the uniform air holes in the cladding can break the multifold symmetry of PCFs and make PCFs highly birefringent. Furthermore, it is reported for the first time to our knowledge that the polarity of PCFs´ birefringence can change several times as the air-hole diameter changes.

Keywords

birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; optical squeezing; photonic crystals; air holes; birefringence; cladding; photonic crystal fibers; polarization modes; squeezing lattice; supercell lattice method; Birefringence; Fabrication; Holey fibers; Information science; Lattices; Optical arrays; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Birefringence; photonic crystal fiber (PCF); squeezed ratio; supercell lattice method;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.897695

Filename

4267822