Design of single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber at 1.30 and 1.55 μm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 825-830

  Ju, Jian ^b   Jin, Wei ^a,b   Demokan, M Suleyman ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confinement loss; Finite element method; Photonic crystal fiber; Single polarization single mode fiber

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONFINEMENT LOSSES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SINGLE-MODE (SPSM) OPERATION; SINGLE-POLARIZATION SINGLE-MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 33845622756     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.861942     Document Type: Article

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