Title :
An Extended FDTD Method With Inclusion of Material Dispersion for the Full-Vectorial Analysis of Photonic Crystal Fibers
Author :
Jiang, Wei ; Shen, Linfang ; Chen, Daru ; Chi, Hao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA
Abstract :
An extended finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method with inclusion of material dispersion for the full-vectorial analysis of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) is presented in this paper. In order for this extended FDTD method to obtain a fast convergence and high accuracy, a constitutive-parameter averaging technique is employed. Numerical results for a typical PCF verify the validity of the extended FDTD method. With this FDTD mode solver, a new birefringent PCF is also investigated, and interesting results are obtained in this paper
Keywords :
birefringence; finite difference time-domain analysis; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre theory; photonic crystals; FDTD method; birefringent PCF; constitutive-parameter averaging technique; finite-difference time-domain; material dispersion; photonic crystal fibers; Birefringence; Convergence; Crystalline materials; Finite difference methods; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Photonic crystal fibers; Time domain analysis; Birefringence; finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD); material dispersion; photonic crystal fiber (PCF);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.883651
