Title :
Birefringent optical fiber with a photonic crystal core
Author :
Hu, J.J. ; Yan, M. ; Shum, P.
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
Photonic crystals with reduced symmetry are introduced into a fiber´s core to induce birefringence between the two nearly-orthogonal fundamental modes. We provide our preliminary findings on the birefringence property of such fibers through numerical calculations.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; birefringence; nearly-orthogonal fundamental modes; optical fiber; photonic crystal core; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Composite materials; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Pulse width modulation; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519250
