A Polarization Maintaining Single-Mode Photonic Crystal Fiber for Residual Dispersion Compensation

Md Rabiul Hasan, Md Shamim Anower, Md Imran Hasan

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    Abstract

    A single-mode octagonal photonic crystal fiber (OPCF) is proposed to simultaneously achieve high birefringence and ultra-flattened ultra-high negative dispersion. Simulation results demonstrate that by introducing an elliptical air hole in the center of the core, it is possible to obtain a large average dispersion of -608.93 ps/nm/km with an absolute dispersion variation of -12.7 ps/nm/km over 1.46-1.625 μm wavelength bands for fundamental slow-axis mode. Besides, with optimal design parameters, a high birefringence of 1.81× 10-2 and a very low confinement loss of 0.04 dB/km are achieved at 1.55 μ m. The proposed OPCF can be used in cost-effective residual dispersion compensation and optical sensors.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number7478104
    Pages (from-to)1782-1785
    Number of pages4
    JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume28
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2016

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