title: Finite-element analysis of birefringence and dispersion properties in actual and idealized holey-fiber structures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan. koshiba@ice.eng.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koshiba
authors.forename: Kunimasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saitoh