Sensitivity of chromatic dispersion to geometrical imperfections in photonic crystal fibers

Author

Cherif, Rim ; Zghal, Mourad

Author_Institution

Univ. of the 7th of November at Carthage, Tunis

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Small geometrical imperfections to the ideal cross section of index-guiding photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) are introduced in order to investigate their impact on the chromatic dispersion properties. Moreover, to validate our numerical analysis, the impact of real photonic crystal fiber´s profile perturbations on chromatic dispersion is pointed out. This study is performed along 60 m fiber length. The analysis has been performed using the finite element method which assures high solution accuracy.

Keywords

finite element analysis; microwave photonics; optical fibre dispersion; photonic crystals; chromatic dispersion sensitivity; finite element method; geometrical imperfection; index-guiding photonic crystal fiber; photonic crystal fiber profile perturbation; Chromatic dispersion; Finite element methods; Lattices; Numerical analysis; Optical arrays; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Performance analysis; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonic crystals; Chromatic dispersion; Finite element method; Geometrical imperfections; Photonic crystal fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON 2007

Conference_Location

Windhoek

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0987-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0987-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2007.4401468

Filename

4401468