A new type photonic crystal fiber with high birefringence

Abstract:

In this paper, a new type of photonic crystal fiber with high birefringence is proposed and analyzed with a full-vector model based on the super-lattice and the plane-wave expansion model. Due to the two different sizes of the holes introduced into the cladding of the PCF, the fiber is two-fold rotational symmetry and appears to be with high birefringence. Numerical results demonstrate that a modal birefringence at wavelength 1.31 μm is 1.8×10⁻³ in the PCF with Λ=2.55 μm,d ₁/Λ=0.3 andd ₂/Λ=0.833. A near 200 nm SPSM region within the wavelength range from 1.4 μm to 1.6 μm is obtained. This work was supported by the National High Technology Research Program of China (No. 2004AA31g200).

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