• DocumentCode
    3433300
  • Title

    Birefringent optical fiber with a photonic crystal core

  • Author

    Hu, J.J. ; Yan, M. ; Shum, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    10-13 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    60
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Photonic crystals with reduced symmetry are introduced into a fiber´s core to induce birefringence between the two nearly-orthogonal fundamental modes. We provide our preliminary findings on the birefringence property of such fibers through numerical calculations.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; birefringence; nearly-orthogonal fundamental modes; optical fiber; photonic crystal core; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Composite materials; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Pulse width modulation; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-1-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-1-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519250
  • Filename
    4519250