Title :
Numerical modeling of photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Div. of Media & Network Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
Recent progress on numerical modeling methods for photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) such as the effective index approach, basis-function expansion approach, and numerical approach is described. An index-guiding PCF with an array of air holes surrounding the silica core region has special characteristics compared with conventional single-mode fibers (SMFs). Using a full modal vector model, the fundamental characteristics of PCFs such as cutoff wavelength, confinement loss, modal birefringence, and chromatic dispersion are numerically investigated.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; photonic crystals; PCF; basis-function expansion approach; chromatic dispersion; confinement loss; cutoff wavelength; effective index; full modal vector model; modal birefringence; photonic crystal fibers; Birefringence; Chromatic dispersion; Finite difference methods; Numerical models; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; Time domain analysis; Finite-element method; holey fiber; microstructured optical fiber; numerical modeling; photonic band-gap fiber; photonic crystal fiber;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2005.855855
