Multiple defect core photonic crystal fiber with high birefringence induced by squeezed lattice with elliptical holes in soft glass

We present a dual mode, large core highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber with a photonic cladding composed of elliptical holes ordered in a rectangular lattice. The fiber is made of borosilicate glass and has a regular set of elliptical holes with an aspect ratio of 1.27 and a filling factor near 0.5. The group birefringence (G) and effective mode area were measured at 1550 nm for the fundamental mode and were found to equal 2 × 10^?4 and 20 μm² respectively. We discuss the influence of structural parameters including the ellipticity of the air holes and the aspect ratio of the rectangular lattice on the birefringence and on the fundamental and second modes of the fiber.     

椭圆孔正方形点阵单偏振单模光子晶体光纤的设计

设计了一种椭圆空气孔正方形点阵单偏振单模光子晶体光纤,并以聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯为基材,利用基于棱边/节点混合元的全矢量有限元法对该光纤进行了数值模拟。结果发现,其偏振模场、快轴模和慢轴模截止波长完全依赖于光纤的结构参数;通过优化光纤的结构参数,发现该光纤传输基模的一个偏振态（慢轴模）在0.62μm至0.70μm可见光波长范围内;若调整该光纤结构具有9圈椭圆空气孔时,其偏振模约束损耗在波长0.65μm处可以降至0.13dB/m。该聚合物基低损耗单偏振单模光子晶体光纤可以有效消除传统保偏光纤固有的偏振串扰和偏振模色散。     

Form-induced birefringence in elliptical hollow photonic crystal fiber with large mode area

We propose a novel type of photonic crystal fiber (PCF), including an elliptical hole in its solid core. We prove the feasibility of such a fiber and investigate both experimentally and theoretically the dependence of its group birefringence on the geometric hole parameters. We show, for the first time, that form-induced birefringence can be achieved in single mode PCFs with large mode area and suggest it as a possible route for the development of polarization maintaining PCF-based LMA fiber devices.     

Theoretical investigation of highly birefringent all-solid photonic bandgap fiber with elliptical cladding rods

We theoretically study for the first time the waveguiding properties of an all-solid photonic bandgap fiber with elliptical cladding rods. High birefringence in the order of 10/sup -3/ is easily achievable in such fibers. The contributions of the cladding rod's ellipticity, the lattice ratio of the cladding microstructure as well as the index contrast of two soft glasses to the birefringence are systematically evaluated. The evolutions of birefringence with the structure and material variations show that our highly birefringent fiber design can be tailored.     

高双折射类椭圆纤芯光子晶体光纤设计与分析

为了改善传统光纤灵敏度低、损耗高和非线性效应不易控制的问题,设计一种新型高双折射、低损耗和高非线性的类椭圆纤芯光子晶体光纤(PCF)结构。基于全矢量有限元法,通过COMSOL分析研究了光纤端面的空气孔直径和位置对双折射、限制损耗、模场特性和非线性等特性的影响。仿真结果表明:所设计的PCF结构在波长为1.550μm处的双折射率达1.918×10^-3,x和y极化偏振方向的限制损耗分别为Lcx=1.6×10^-3dB/km和Lcy=8.0×10^-4dB/km,非线性系数达到9.4 km^-1W^-1,且满足单模传输,实现了高质量、高精度的光信号传输与传感。     

Analysis on photonic crystal fibers with circular air holes in elliptical configuration

In this paper, two novel structures of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) containing elliptical rings of circular air holes are presented. The circular air holes in both structures are arranged in seven elliptical rings, but the number of holes in each ring is different for these structures. Moreover, air hole diameter and hole-to-hole pitch are altered along the distance from the center of the fiber’s cross section. Properties, such as birefringence and confinement loss, of these structures with different numbers of air hole rings are numerically analyzed by using the multipole method. Numerical results show that a high birefringence of 1.626 × 10⁻³ can be reached at the wavelength of 1.55 μm, and a low confinement loss on the order of 10⁻⁸ dB/m can be achieved at the same wavelength. Furthermore, it is also found that elliptic ratio obviously affects birefringence and confinement loss, but the number of air hole rings has little impact on birefringence.     

椭圆孔微纤芯光子晶体光纤的数值模拟

提出了一种在纤芯引入四个近矩形排列的椭圆空气孔,包层空气孔呈阶梯结构的高双折射光子晶体光纤,采用全矢量有限元方法,对光纤基模的模场分布、双折射、色散、限制损耗、有效模面积及非线性系数等特性进行了数值模拟.这种设计为获得高双折射光子晶体光纤提供了一种新的方法,为改善光子晶体光纤其他性能(如色散、非线性特性)提供了一种新的...     

Air guiding with honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber

We notice that honeycomb cladding was overlooked for air-guiding photonic bandgap fiber design. Air-silica honeycomb cladding is shown in this letter to be able to guide light in a slightly large-sized hollow core, with a reasonably wide bandwidth (/spl sim/200 nm). Noncircular air-hole shape is also explored for air-guiding honeycomb fiber design.     

超低损耗高双折射空芯反谐振太赫兹光子晶体光纤

本文提出了一种以环烯烃共聚物（Cyclic Olefin Copolymer, COC）为基底的超低损耗高双折射空芯反谐振太赫兹光子晶体光纤,该光纤的包层由两组（共六个）无节点嵌套管组成。采用时域有限差分法（Finite Difference Time Domain method, FDTD）结合完美匹配层（Perfectly Matched Layer, PML）边界条件对其导波特性进行分析。仿真结果表明,在0.8~1.35 THz范围内,总传输损耗小于0.1 dB/m,双折射大于2.12×10^-5,色散在±0.027 ps/THz/cm。在1.12 THz处,最低总传输损耗仅为0.543×10^-2 dB/m,双折射值为2.06×10^-4。同时,分析了该光纤的弯曲性能,表明在y方向,当弯曲半径超过19 cm时,弯曲损耗小于0.1 dB/m,具有良好的弯曲性能。     

High bandwidth single polarization fiber with elliptical central air hole

A novel design of single polarization fiber is presented. The structure of the fiber comprises an elliptical central air hole with depressed cladding surrounding the core. Parameters that affect the performance of the single polarization fiber in terms of the location of the single polarization operating window and single polarization bandwidth are analyzed. The analysis results in the identification of a fiber design that can yield a single polarization bandwidth as high as 240 nm around 1550 nm.     

Coupling characteristics of the high-polarization dual-core photonic crystal fiber with mixing air holes

A high-polarization dual-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with mixing air holes is designed. The full-vector finite element method and coupled-mode theory are used to investigate the birefringence, coupling length, dispersion characteristics, normalized power and extinction ratio of this fiber. Numerical investigations demonstrate that by changing the structural parameters of the fiber, the birefringence is up to 1.48×10-2 at 1.55 μm, the coupling lengths are 79 μm and 94 μm for x-polarized and y-polarized modes, the fiber has two zero dispersion points, and the dispersion is very flat at the ultra-wide waveband scope from 0.7 μm to 1.7 μm.     

混合双包层高双折射光子晶体光纤的特性

提出了一种新型的混合双包层结构的光子晶体光纤。利用多极法对光纤基模的模场分布、双折射、限制损耗及色散特性等进行了数值模拟,通过调节包层空气孔的孔径大小可以有效地控制光纤的双折射和限制损耗特性。结果发现:新设计的光纤具有高双折射低限制损耗特性,光纤结构参数为=1.0 m,d1=d2=d3=0.8 m时,该光纤在C波段（1.53~1.565 m）及L波段（1.57~1.62 m）呈现负色散及负色散斜率。在波长为1.55 m处,双折射高达10-2,限制损耗小于10-5 dB/m。     

高双折射高非线性低损耗八边形光子晶体光纤特性

为了同时实现高双折射高非线性并得到低损耗,设计一种在光纤纤芯附近引入椭圆形空气孔和圆形空气孔组成的新型优化的八边形光子晶体光纤。采用全矢量有限元法结合各向异性完美匹配层,对该光纤的有效面积、非线性、双折射和损耗特性进行了模拟分析。数值模拟结果表明,通过选择适当的结构参数,在波长1.55 m处,该光纤具有高双折射高达B=1.6810-2,比普通光纤高两个数量级,高非线性系数为=60 W-1km-1和低损为0.6 dB/km。这种具有高双折射高非线性系数的光纤可用于光通信、偏振敏感的各种设备和产生超连续普等领域。     

High power ytterbium fiber lasers at extremely long wavelengths by photonic bandgap fiber technology

Yb-doped fiber laser operating at the long-wavelength edge (1150–1200 nm) of the broad gain spectrum has been investigated for yellow-orange sources. Power scaling in this region has been recently achieved by Yb-doped solid-core photonic bandgap fibers, in which the Yb gain profile is engineered by the sharp-cut, bandpass distributed filtering and therefore amplified spontaneous emission in the high-gain region (1030–1100 nm) is strictly inhibited. We have recently demonstrated amplification with as high as 167 W output power and 61% slope efficiency at 1178 nm. The novel gain profiling technique by photonic bandgap fibers can be extended to other rare-earth doped fibers.     

Honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber with a modified core design

Air-silica honeycomb fiber with a modified core design is introduced. The core has a concentrated high-index region. Such core design helps defect core mode stay in the cladding's photonic bandgap for a longer wavelength range (>1000 nm) as compared to conventional design. We further point out the importance of our core design in reducing the number of defect modes supported by the fiber structure.     

Realistic monomode air-core honeycomb photonic bandgap fiber with pockets

We present a photonic bandgap calculation of monomode air-core fibers with a realistic treatment of "pocket" interstitials that are formed in a honeycomb cladding. The analytic Fourier transformations of different honeycomb-lattice unit cells are used for plane-wave calculations. The consideration of the true pocket geometry within the cladding shifts the fundamental bandgap to higher frequencies and leads to a hollow-core fiber. The core radius necessary for a monomode fiber is approximated and then proved via the full-vectorial solution. The field distribution and polarization state of the fundamental mode for a real honeycomb photonic-crystal fiber (PCF) are given.     

四方格子全固光子带隙光纤带隙特性研究

基于平面波展开法,对四方格子全固光子带隙光纤带隙随结构的变化特性进行了数值模拟,并与具有相同结构参数三角格子全固光子带隙光纤进行了比较,数值结果表明带隙的位置由高折射率棒的结构参数决定,而与高折射率棒的排列方式和棒之间的间距无关,这一结果与反谐振效应非常吻合。最后对理想和实际拉制出的四方格子的全固态光子带隙光纤的带隙进行了比较,得出了在设计光纤时,应利用较低的带隙的结论。     

A new type photonic crystal fiber with high birefringence

Highperformancepolarization maintainingfibers (PMFs)havepotentialforanumberofapplicationssuchashighbitratecommunicationsystem,PMfibre loopsforgyroscopesandsoon.Theindex guidingPCFs arecharacterizedbyaseriesofholesrunningthroughou thelengthofthefiberarrangedinamicroscalestructurearoundahighindexcore.Thisoffersanewpossibilityto createhighbirefringenceintheindex guidingPCFs,be causethestack and drawprocessallowstheformationoftherequiredsymmetricorasymmetricmicrostructure andtheindexcontrasto…     

High birefringent rectangular-lattice photonic crystal fibers with low confinement loss employing different sizes of elliptical air holes in the cladding and the core

Based on the full-vector finite element method with anisotropic perfectly matched layers, modal birefringence and confinement loss for the fundamental mode in rectangular-lattice photonic crystal fibers with different sizes of elliptical air holes in the cladding and the core are investigated numerically. The results show that the modal birefringence in this proposed photonic crystal fibers can be up to 5.64 × 10^?2 at the wavelength of 1.55 μm. Moreover, when the birefringence is higher than 4 × 10^?2, the confinement loss of x-polarized mode can be kept less than 0.005 dB/km at 1.55 μm. It means that the tradeoff between the high birefringence and the low confinement loss is overcome.     

Switchable-multi-wavelength fiber laser based on dual-core all-solid photonic bandgap fiber

In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a switchable multi-wavelength fiber laser based on a dual-core all-solid photonic bandgap fiber (PBGF) comb-like filter. The transmission properties of the dual-core all-solid PBGF are theoretically and experimentally investigated. Then the fiber ring laser based on the PBGF is realized and its wavelength-selective mechanisms are studied. By adjusting the polarization controller (PC), the number and location of the laser wavelength can be tunable.