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Ultrahigh-birefringent squeezed lattice photonic crystal fiber with rotated elliptical air holes.
Felipe Beltran-mejiaA.k. GeorgeEnrique SilvestreJonathan KnightCristiano M. B. CordeiroGiancarlo Chesinisubject
Materials scienceOpticsBirefringencebusiness.industryDispersion-shifted fiberPolarization-maintaining optical fiberMicrostructured optical fiberPlastic optical fiberbusinessGraded-index fiberAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsPhotonic crystalPhotonic-crystal fiberdescription
We report an experimental realization of a highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber as a result of compressing a regular hexagonal structure. The experimental measurements estimate a group birefringence of approximately 5.5x10(-3) at 1550 nm in good agreement with the numerical results. We study the influence of compressing the regular structure at different directions and magnifications, obtaining a method to realistically enhance the phase birefringence while moderating the group birefringence.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2010-02-18 | Optics letters |