High bandwidth single polarization fiber with elliptical central air hole

Author

Li, Ming-Jun ; Chen, Xin ; Nola, Daniel A. ; Berkey, George E. ; Wang, Ji ; Wood, William A. ; Zenteno, Luis A.

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., NY, USA

Volume

23

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

3454

Lastpage

3460

Abstract

A novel design of single polarization fiber is presented. The structure of the fiber comprises an elliptical central air hole with depressed cladding surrounding the core. Parameters that affect the performance of the single polarization fiber in terms of the location of the single polarization operating window and single polarization bandwidth are analyzed. The analysis results in the identification of a fiber design that can yield a single polarization bandwidth as high as 240 nm around 1550 nm.

Keywords

optical design techniques; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre polarisation; depressed cladding; elliptical central air hole; single polarization bandwidth; single polarization fiber; single polarization operating window; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Central air conditioning; High power fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Performance analysis; Refractive index; Stress; Birefringence; cutoff wavelength of fundamental mode; polarization-maintaining fiber; single polarization bandwidth; single polarization fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.855856

Filename

1561373