Birefringence of hybrid PCF and its sensitivity to strain and temperature
Pang, M., Xiao, L. M., Jin, W. and Arismar Cerqueira Jr, S., 2012. Birefringence of hybrid PCF and its sensitivity to strain and temperature. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 30 (10), pp. 1422-1432.
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The modal and group birefringence of a hybrid photonic crystal fiber (hybrid PCF) and the sensitivities of modal birefringence of hybrid PCF to strain and temperature are investigated. The hybrid PCF composes of air-holes and Ge-doped silica rods surrounding a silica core region and light is confined to the core by hybrid index-guiding and photonic bandgap effects. A theoretical model was established and used to calculate these birefringence properties as functions of Ge concentration and diameter of the Ge-doped region. In experiments, the birefringence properties of a hybrid PCF made by University of Bath were measured by using a Sagnac interferometer. The experimental results show that the sensitivities of fringe minimum of this Sagnac interferometer to strain and temperature, at the wavelength of 1550 nm, were 2.01 nm/mε and -0.334 nm/°C, respectively, which agree well with the theoretical predictions. The model may be used to design hybrid PCFs with desired birefringence properties. © 2012 IEEE.
|Creators||Pang, M., Xiao, L. M., Jin, W. and Arismar Cerqueira Jr, S.|
|Departments||Faculty of Science > Physics|
|Research Centres||Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials|
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