Title :
Optimizing birefringence of polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Zhifang Wu ; Xuguang Shao ; Shum, Perry Ping ; Tianye Huang ; Wenbin Ji ; Nan Zhang ; Ying Cui ; Jie Xue ; Swee Chuan Tjin ; Xuan Quyen Dinh
Author_Institution :
Sch. of EEE, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We report on a theoretical and experimental investigation to demonstrate that the birefringence of a commercial polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PMPCF) can be enhanced almost one order of magnitude by scaling its diameter down to ~50 μm.
Keywords :
birefringence; holey fibres; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; PMPCF; birefringence; polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber; Optical polarization; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
