A Proposed Mechanism to Optimize Splice Joint Between PCF and SMF

Author

Seraji, Faramarz E. ; Farsinezhad, Samira

Author_Institution

Iran Telecommun. Researcher Center, Semnan Univ., Semnan

fYear

2008

fDate

8-11 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An analysis of splice loss between photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) and conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs) is presented at bend and straight conditions, by using ISEIM, IVEIM, and FDFD methods. It is also shown that when there is a slight bending at the vicinity of splice joint, the spot size increases sharply at higher frequencies. On the basis of obtained results, for the first time, a mechanism to optimize the splice loss between PCFs and conventional SMFs, both with any geometry, is suggested. The obtained results can be utilized for PCF based devices to be jointed to single-mode fiber as a transmission medium.

Keywords

bending; finite difference methods; holey fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical materials; photonic crystals; splicing; FDFD method; ISEIM; IVEIM; finite-difference frequency domain; improved fully vectorial effective index method; improved scalar effective index method; photonic crystal fiber; single-mode fiber; splice joint; splice loss optimization; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Geometry; Maxwell equations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Silicon compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3901-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2906-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781470

Filename

4781470