Title :
Effect of external stress on propagation properties of hexagonal and octagonal PCF
Author :
Khatun, M.R. ; Islam, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Bangladesh Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Dhaka, Bangladesh
Abstract :
External stress and design parameters of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) play significant role in controlling the propagation properties during drawing process. In this paper, we have analyzed and simulated the effect of external stress and design parameters on PCF´s propagation properties for two kinds of air-hole arrangement using finite element method. The effective indices for both arrangements are observed in FEMLAB environment by varying the number of air hole rings and then birefringence, effective area and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) are calculated. It is found that under same values of external stress and various design parameter, the effect on effective area, birefringence and PMD is higher in hexagonal air-hole arranged PCF than octagonal.
Keywords :
birefringence; drawing (mechanical); finite element analysis; holey fibres; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; refractive index; FEMLAB environment; birefringence; design parameters; drawing process; external stress; finite element method; hexagonal air-hole; hexagonal photonic crystal fiber; octagonal photonic crystal fiber; polarization mode dispersion; propagation properties; Indexes; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Stress; Photonic crystal fiber; birefringence; effective area and polarization mode dispersion; elasto-optic effect; finite element method;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), 2011 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kandy
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0032-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICIINFS.2011.6038108
