Extremely large birefringence and shifting of zero dispersion wavelength of photonic crystal fibers |
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Authors: | Rakhi Bhattacharya S Konar |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Physics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra-835215, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
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Abstract: | Three different types of photonic crystal fibers have been investigated which promise very large birefringence. The first type fiber is band gap guiding, the second index guiding, while the third type is index guiding with high refractive index circular and elliptical regions in the innermost ring. The birefringence, group velocity dispersion, modal effective index and mode field area of these fibers have been numerically estimated by employing finite difference time domain method. When elliptical regions are introduced in the first and second rings with the combination of small circular regions, each of these proposed fibers exhibits large birefringence with shifted zero dispersion point. Among these three different types of fibers, the band gap guiding photonic crystal fiber promises the largest birefringence (~5.45×10?2) reported so far. The value of the birefringence and group velocity dispersion of these fibers can be controlled by controlling the hole pitch. Largest birefringence is achieved with a specific value of hole pitch. |
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