Investigations of birefringence of the fundamental and the higher order modes in index guiding photonic crystal fiber

Tadeusz Martynkien; Jacek Olszewski; Marcin Szpulak; Grzegorz Golojuch; Gabriela Statkiewicz; Waclaw Urbanczyk; Jan Wojcik; Pawel Mergo; Mariusz Makara; Tomasz Nasilowski; Francis Berghmans; Hugo Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.722944

Investigations of birefringence of the fundamental and the higher order modes in index guiding photonic crystal fiber

Tadeusz Martynkien, Jacek Olszewski, Marcin Szpulak, Grzegorz Golojuch, Gabriela Statkiewicz, Waclaw Urbanczyk, Jan Wojcik, Pawel Mergo, Mariusz Makara, Tomasz Nasilowski, Francis Berghmans, Hugo Thienpont

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Abstract

We investigated theoretically and experimentally the wavelength dependences of phase and group modal birefringence for the fundamental (E₁₁) and the higher order mode (E₃₁) supported by index guiding highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber. The birefringence in the investigated structure was induced by asymmetrical cladding consisting of one row of cladding holes with a diameter lower than the other cladding holes. The numerical simulations carried out with use of the full-vector finite elements method show that the birefringence of the E₃₁ mode can be about 30% higher than of the fundamental mode. Additionally, we measured the modal birefringence of the both modes using scanning wavelength method. A comparatively good agreement between the calculation and experimental results was obtained confirming the validity of the theoretical analysis.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Photonic Crystal Fibers
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722944
State	Published - May 2007
Event	2007 - ICOO - International Congress on Optics & Optoelectronics: Photonic Crystal Fibers - Prague Duration: 16 Apr 2007 → 19 Apr 2007 https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-SPIE/6588.toc#_=_

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6588
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Conference	2007 - ICOO - International Congress on Optics & Optoelectronics
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	2007-04-16 → 2007-04-19
Internet address	https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-SPIE/6588.toc#_=_

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Martynkien, T., Olszewski, J., Szpulak, M., Golojuch, G., Statkiewicz, G., Urbanczyk, W., Wojcik, J., Mergo, P., Makara, M., Nasilowski, T., Berghmans, F., & Thienpont, H. (2007). Investigations of birefringence of the fundamental and the higher order modes in index guiding photonic crystal fiber. In Photonic Crystal Fibers Article 658810 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6588). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722944

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