Finite-element analysis of birefringence and dispersion properties in actual and idealized holey-fiber structures.
Using a full-vector finite-element method, we calculate birefringence and dispersion in index-guiding photonic crystal fibers, also called holey fibers. Through real-model simulations the polarization-dependent dispersion in actual fiber structures is numerically demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge. Furthermore the transverse-electric-field vector distributions in the fabricated holey fibers are also clarified for the two linearly polarized fundamental modes.
Koshiba
Masanori
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Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan. koshiba@ice.eng.hokudai.ac.jp
Saitoh
Kunimasa
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