Title :
Identifying the role of silica bridges in polarization splitting based on holey fibers
Author :
Zhang, Lin ; Yang, Changxi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Polarization dependent coupling resulting from the narrow silica bridges in holey fibers is analyzed. A short polarization splitter with simple structure and good extinction ratio is presented.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre polarisation; silicon compounds; extinction ratio; holey fibers; polarization dependent coupling; polarization splitting; silica bridges; Birefringence; Bridges; Extinction ratio; Holey fibers; Instruments; Laboratories; Lattices; Optical coupling; Optical fiber polarization; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363406
