A novel ultrahigh birefringent hole-assistant microstructured optical fiber with low confinement loss

作者：Tan, Xiaoling^*; Geng, Youfu; Zhou, Jun

来源：Optics and Laser Technology, 2011, 43(7): 1331-1334.

DOI：10.1016/j.optlastec.2011.03.035

• Microstructured optical fibers
• Modal birefringence
• Confinement loss

A novel hole-assistant microstructured optical fiber with a rectangle-like core and four elliptical holes as cladding is proposed. By employing a full-vector finite element method, the modal birefringence and confinement loss are numerically investigated, and the results show that in such a structure, an ultrahigh modal birefringence of 2.91 x 10(-2) and a low confinement loss (< 1 dB/km) can be simultaneously obtained at excited wavelength of 1.55 mu m. It is significant that such a microstructured optical fiber is easily fabricated with its simple structure and exhibits improved performance.

• 出版日期2011-10
• 单位宁波大学; 深圳大学