Polarization properties of photonic crystal fibers

Author

Petersson, A. ; Broeng, J. ; Hansen, K.P. ; Nielsen, M.D. ; Simonsen, H.R. ; Jakobsen, C. ; Folkenberg, J.R. ; Schreiber, T. ; Röser, F. ; Schmidt, O. ; Limpert, J. ; Iliew, R. ; Lederer, F. ; Tunnermann, Andreas

Author_Institution

Crystal Fibre A/S, Birkroed, Denmark

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Abstract

Photonic crystal fibers provide increased range of mode-field diameters for passive and active fibers. At present, single mode photonic crystal fibers with mode field diameters ranging from sub-micron to beyond 40 μm have been demonstrated. For a number of applications, it is desirable to introduce polarization maintaining properties of such fibers. In this presentation, we report on the latest development within this area and explain the design and characteristics of different types of photonic crystal fibers with both polarization-maintaining and polarizing properties.

Keywords

optical design techniques; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; mode-field diameters; optical design; photonic crystal fibers; polarization-maintaining fibers; Birefringence; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers; Refractive index; Solids; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006

Print_ISBN

1-55752-803-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215446

Filename

1636477