Significantly enhanced birefringence of photonic crystal fiber using rotational binary unit cell in fiber cladding

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 41-44, 2007, Pages

  Chau, Yuan Fong ^a   Yeh, Han Hsuan ^a   Tsai, Din Ping ^b  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binary unit cell; Finite element method; High birefringence; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

BINARY UNIT CELLS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; SOLID SILICA CORE;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 37249038526     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L1048     Document Type: Article

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