Design of single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber at 1.30 and 1.55 μm

Author

Ju, Jian ; Jin, Wei ; Demokan, M. Suleyman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., China

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

2006

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

830

Abstract

Single-polarization single-mode (SPSM) operation of a highly birefringent (HB) photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is investigated in detail by using a full-vector finite-element method (FEM) with anisotropic perfectly matched layers (PMLs). The cutoff wavelengths of the two linearly polarized principal states can be designed by varying the structure parameters of the PCF. The confinement loss and splice loss to standard single-mode fiber for particular SPSM PCFs are calculated and optimized at both 1.30 and 1.55 μm.

Keywords

birefringence; finite element analysis; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; vectors; 1.30 mum; 1.55 mum; anisotropic layers; birefringence; confinement loss; full-vector finite-element method; linearly polarized principal states; perfectly matched layers; photonic crystal fiber design; single-mode photonic crystal fiber; single-polarization photonic crystal fiber; splice loss; standard single-mode fiber; structure parameters; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Finite element methods; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Perfectly matched layers; Photonic band gap; Photonic crystal fibers; Propagation losses; Confinement loss; finite-element method; photonic crystal fiber; single-polarization single-mode fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2005.861942

Filename

1593753