Modelling birefringence in isolated elliptical core photonic crystal fibers

Author

Nielsen, Martin Dybendal ; Vienne, Guillaume ; Jensen, Jacob Riis ; Bjarklev, Anders

Author_Institution

Res. Center COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

707

Abstract

A simple model for calculation of the birefringence in asymmetric isolated core PCFs employing approximation with an ellipsoid suspended in air is presented. Birefringence values in the order of 10^-2 are obtained and comparison with both calculations based on a SEM picture of a real fiber and measurements performed on the same fiber are presented. In both cases good agreement is observed

Keywords

birefringence; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre theory; photonic band gap; scanning electron microscopy; SEM; asymmetric isolated core; birefringence modelling; full vectorial mode solver; isolated elliptical core fibers; microstructured optical fibers; noncircular cross section; photonic crystal fibers; supported modes; thin silica bridges; Birefringence; Crystalline materials; Ellipsoids; Jacobian matrices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Scanning electron microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969010

Filename

969010