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Polarization and dispersion properties of elliptical hole golden spiral photonic crystal fiber

Agrawal, A., Kejalakshmy, N., Rahman, B. M. & Grattan, K. T. V. (2010). Polarization and dispersion properties of elliptical hole golden spiral photonic crystal fiber. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 99(4), pp. 717-726. doi: 10.1007/s00340-010-4023-9

Abstract

An elliptical air-hole golden spiral photonic crystal fiber (EGS-PCF) is analyzed with the full-vectorial finite element method. The air-holes in the EGS-PCF are arranged in a spiral pattern governed by the Golden Ratio, where the design has been inspired by the optimal arrangement of seeds found in nature. The EGS-PCF exhibits extremely high birefringence (∼0.022 at operating wavelength 1550 nm) which is particularly useful for generating a polarization stable supercontinuum (SC). The fiber can also be designed to have a Zero Dispersion Wavelength (ZDW) at a suitable wavelength for only one polarization and large negative dispersion for the other, leading to a single-polarization SC. In addition, the fiber dispersion can be designed to obtain ZDWs at 800 nm and 1064 nm simultaneously, which can facilitate broadband supercontinuum generation (SCG) through multi-wavelength pumping.

Publication Type: Article
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Engineering
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