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Experimental and theoretical investigations of birefringent holey fibers with a triple defect. / Berghmans, Francis; Szpulak, Marcin; Statkiewicz, Gabriela; Olszewski, Jacek; Martynkien, Tadeusz; Urbanczyk, Waclaw; Wojcik, Jan; Makara, Mariusz; Klimek, Jacek; Nasilowski, Tomasz; Thienpont, Hugo; Van Uffelen, Marco (Peer reviewer); D'hondt, Pierre (Peer reviewer).
In: Applied Optics, Vol. 44, No. 13, 01.05.2005, p. 2652-2658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Experimental and theoretical investigations of birefringent holey fibers with a triple defect
AU - Berghmans, Francis
AU - Szpulak, Marcin
AU - Statkiewicz, Gabriela
AU - Olszewski, Jacek
AU - Martynkien, Tadeusz
AU - Urbanczyk, Waclaw
AU - Wojcik, Jan
AU - Makara, Mariusz
AU - Klimek, Jacek
AU - Nasilowski, Tomasz
AU - Thienpont, Hugo
A2 - Van Uffelen, Marco
A2 - D'hondt, Pierre
N1 - Score = 10
PY - 2005/5/1
Y1 - 2005/5/1
N2 - We have manufactured and charaterized a birefringent holey fiber of a new construction. The birefringence in this fiber is induced by the highly elliptical shape of the core, which consists of a triple defect in a hexagonal structure. Using a hybrid edge-nodal finite-element method, we calculated the spectral dependence of phase and group modal birefringence for spatial modes E11 and E21 in idealized and in real fiber, whose geometry we determined by using a scanning-electron microscope. Results of our calculations show that technological imperfections significantly affect the fiber's birefringence.Normalized cutoff wavelengths for higher-order modes relative to the filling factor were also determined for the idealized structure. We observed a significant disagreement between theoretical and experimental values of cutoff wavelengths, which was attributed to high confinement losses near the cutoff condition. We also measured the spectral dependence of the phase and the group modal birefringence for spatial modes E11 and E21. The measured parameters showed good agreement with the results of modeling.
AB - We have manufactured and charaterized a birefringent holey fiber of a new construction. The birefringence in this fiber is induced by the highly elliptical shape of the core, which consists of a triple defect in a hexagonal structure. Using a hybrid edge-nodal finite-element method, we calculated the spectral dependence of phase and group modal birefringence for spatial modes E11 and E21 in idealized and in real fiber, whose geometry we determined by using a scanning-electron microscope. Results of our calculations show that technological imperfections significantly affect the fiber's birefringence.Normalized cutoff wavelengths for higher-order modes relative to the filling factor were also determined for the idealized structure. We observed a significant disagreement between theoretical and experimental values of cutoff wavelengths, which was attributed to high confinement losses near the cutoff condition. We also measured the spectral dependence of the phase and the group modal birefringence for spatial modes E11 and E21. The measured parameters showed good agreement with the results of modeling.
KW - birefringent
KW - holey fiber
KW - elliptical
KW - triple defect
KW - hexagonal
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_27217
UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/2454
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 2652
EP - 2658
JO - Applied Optics
JF - Applied Optics
SN - 0003-6935
IS - 13
ER -
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