title: Two-fold symmetric geometries for tailored phase-matching in birefringent solid-core air-silica microstructured fibers.
abstract: The effect of birefringence in 2-fold-symmetric microstructured optical fibers on the phase matching conditions for four-wave mixing is analyzed. The three general types of four-wave mixing are considered. General features are obtained through analytic expansions of phase-matching formulas. Three commonly used designs of fibers are analyzed numerically. Particular designs allow the generation of specified wavelengths, supercontinuum or entangled photons.
authors.affiliation: COPL, Engineering Physics Department, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Station Centre-ville, Montréal (Québec), H3C 3A7 Canada. stephane.virally@polymtl.ca
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Virally
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Godbout
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Labonté
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001718:Birefringence; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008904:Miniaturization; D055100:Optical Fibers; D044367:Phase Transition; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide