Title :
Index-guiding holey fiber with high group birefringence
Author :
Zhang, Lin ; Luo, Ting ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
A novel index-guiding holey fiber with up to 0.015 high group birefringence and <0.4 dB/m loss is proposed. The differential group delay per meter is tunable from 35-50 ps/m by heating the injected polymer.
Keywords :
birefringence; holey fibres; optical fibre losses; optical polymers; differential group delay; fiber loss; high group birefringence; index-guiding holey fiber; injected polymer heating; Birefringence; Delay; Holey fibers; Lattices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polymers; Optical surface waves; Photonic crystal fibers; Silicon compounds; (060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.2420) Fibers, polarization-maintaining; (999.9999) Photonic crystal fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627816
