Title :
Highly polarization-dependent periodic mechanical mode coupling in air-silica fibers
Author :
Lee, D. ; Jung, Y. ; Jeong, Y.S. ; Lee, B.H. ; Oh, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun., GIST, Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
We report highly polarization-dependent mode coupling in hexagonal and circular air-silica microstructured fibers under periodic mechanical gratings. Coupling changes in terms of micro-structure spatial symmetry are investigated for PDL compensation.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; air-silica fibers; circular air-silica microstructured fibers; hexagonal air-silica microstructured fibers; microstructure spatial symmetry; periodic mechanical gratings; polarization dependent loss compensation; polarization-dependent periodic mechanical mode coupling; Gratings; Optical coupling; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201675
