title: Fabrication and study of microstructured optical fibers with elliptical holes.
abstract: We report the fabrication of what are believed to be the first microstructured optical fibers with uniformly oriented elliptical holes. A high degree of hole ellipticity is achieved with a simple technique that relies on hole deformation during fiber draw. Both form and stress-optic birefringence are characterized over a broad wavelength range. These measurements are in excellent agreement with numerical modeling and demonstrate a birefringence as high as 1.0 x 10(-4) at a wavelength of 850 nm.
authors.affiliation: Optical Fibre Technology Centre, Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre, University of Sydney, 206 National Innovation Centre, Australian Technology Park, NSW 1430, Australia. n.issa@oftc.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Nader A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Issa
authors.forename: Martijn A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van Eijkelenborg
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fellew
authors.forename: Felicity
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Maryanne C J
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Large