Synthesis of polarization-independent splitters based on highly birefringent dual-core photonic crystal fiber platforms

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1231-1233

  Florous, Nikolaos J ^a   Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite element method (FEM); Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL BANDWIDTHS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT SPLITTERS; SYNTHESIS ALGORITHM;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33744476155     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.875335     Document Type: Article

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