Theoretical investigation of highly birefringent all-solid photonic bandgap fiber with elliptical cladding rods

Author

Yu, X. ; Yan, M. ; Luo, L.W. ; Shum, P.

Author_Institution

Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

18

Issue

11

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1243

Lastpage

1245

Abstract

We theoretically study for the first time the waveguiding properties of an all-solid photonic bandgap fiber with elliptical cladding rods. High birefringence in the order of 10^-3 is easily achievable in such fibers. The contributions of the cladding rod´s ellipticity, the lattice ratio of the cladding microstructure as well as the index contrast of two soft glasses to the birefringence are systematically evaluated. The evolutions of birefringence with the structure and material variations show that our highly birefringent fiber design can be tailored

Keywords

birefringence; optical design techniques; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; photonic band gap; photonic crystals; refractive index; birefringence; cladding microstructure; elliptical cladding rods; index contrast; lattice ratio; photonic bandgap fiber; soft glasses; Birefringence; Crystalline materials; Helium; Lattices; Microstructure; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Photonic bandgap fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Photonic crystals; Birefringence; photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF); photonic crystal (PC); photonic crystal fiber (PCF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.874713

Filename

1634557