Broadband single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber coupler

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2032-2034

  Yue, Yang ^a   Kai, Guiyun ^a   Wang, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Chunshu ^a   Lu, Yunfei ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Sun, Tingting ^a   Jin, Long ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^a   Liu, Yange ^a   Yuan, Shuzhong ^a   Dong, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coupler; Finite element method (FEM); Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); Plane wave expansion method (PWEM); Single polarization single mode (SPSM)

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; CLADDING AIR HOLES; COUPLING LENGTH; COUPLING RANGE; COUPLING REGION; NOVEL DESIGN; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; PLANE WAVE EXPANSION METHOD; SINGLE-POLARIZATION SINGLE-MODE; VECTOR PLANES;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; EXPANSION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 42549169828     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.883313     Document Type: Article

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