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Optics Express

| THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF OPTICS

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 23 — Nov. 10, 2008
  • pp: 18752–18763

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Birefringent all-solid hybrid microstructured fiber

Ryuichiro Goto, Stuart D. Jackson, Simon Fleming, Boris T. Kuhlmey, Benjamin J. Eggleton, and Kuniharu Himeno

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 23, pp. 18752-18763        doi:10.1364/OE.16.018752

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  • OCIS Codes:
  • (060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
  • (060.2400) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber properties
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Citation
Ryuichiro Goto, Stuart D. Jackson, Simon Fleming, Boris T. Kuhlmey, Benjamin J. Eggleton, and Kuniharu Himeno, "Birefringent all-solid hybrid microstructured fiber," Opt. Express 16, 18752-18763 (2008)
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Abstract

We report the characterization of a birefringent all-solid hybrid microstructured fiber, in which the core-modes are guided by both the photonic bandgap (PBG) effect and total internal reflection (TIR). Due to the twofold symmetry, modal birefringence of 1.5 × 10−4 and group birefringence of 2.1 × 10−4 were measured at 1.31 μm, which is in the middle of the second bandgap. The band structure was calculated to be different from conventional 2-D PBG fibers due to the 1-D arrangement of high-index regions. The bend loss has a strong directional dependence due to the coexistence of the two guiding mechanisms. The fiber has two important properties pertinent to PBG fibers; spectral filtering, and chromatic dispersion specific to PBG fibers. The number of high-index regions, which trap pump power (by index guiding) when the fiber is used in cladding-pumped fiber lasers, is greatly reduced so that this fiber should enable efficient cladding pumping. This structure is suitable for linearly-polarized, cladding-pumped fiber lasers utilizing the properties of PBG fibers.

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History
Original Manuscript: September 19, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: October 27, 2008
Revised Manuscript: October 27, 2008
Published: October 29, 2008

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Author Affiliations

Kuniharu Himeno

Fujikura Ltd.

Ryuichiro Goto, Stuart D. Jackson, Simon Fleming, Boris T. Kuhlmey, Benjamin J. Eggleton

University of Sydney

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