Role of structural anisotropy in geometric birefringence of high-birefringence index-guiding PCFs: analysis by moment of inertia

Journal Article · Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Optical and Quantum Electronics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S11082-018-1725-4· OSTI ID:22950447

Liang, Sheng; Zhang, Yongxin; Zhang, Xingyu; Sheng, Xinzhi ^[1]; Lou, Shuqin; Wang, Xin ^[2]; Lin, Bo ^[3]; Dong, Mingli; Zhu, Lianqing ^[4]; Luo, Jueting; Peng, Rui; Liang, Liuyan; Lin, Yuqin; Wang, Jinli; Yang, Yue; Kang, Shuai; Huang, Yuelang; Ding, Jiazheng; Xu, Wenxuan; Li, Fuxiao ^[1]

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1. Beijing Jiaotong University, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry on Luminescence and Optical Information Technology, National Physical Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center, Department of Physics, School of Science (China)
2. Beijing Jiaotong University, School of Electronic and Information Engineering (China)
3. China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology (China)
4. Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Optoelectronic Information and Instruments, Beijing Key Laboratory for Optoelectronics Measurement Technology (China)

We have studied the role of structural anisotropy on the geometric birefringence of four typical high-birefringence (HB) index-guiding photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with the same air-silica structure and circular, ellipse, and rectangle air holes, respectively. The normalized difference between the moment of inertia ΔI in x and y direction of the PCF structure is utilized to quantificationally describe the structural anisotropy. We demonstrate that the phase birefringence B increases monotonously when the normalized ΔI rises in different cases of PCFs structures. In order to obtain high birefringence B, it can be an effective method to optimize the parameters of the structure to increase the normalized ΔI. This work can be not only a reference of founding the essence of geometric birefringence and proposing the optimal design of HB-IG-PCFs, but also an enlightenment for bringing the different method (compared to the finite element) into the investigation of PCFs.

• OSTI ID: 22950447
• Journal Information: Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol. 51, Issue 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; http://www.springer-ny.com; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0306-8919
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANISOTROPY
BIREFRINGENCE
CRYSTALS
DESIGN
FIBERS
FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
GEOMETRY
MAINTENANCE
MOMENT OF INERTIA
POLARIZATION
SILICA