Experimental investigation of birefringence of solid core polarization maintaining photonic crystal fibers

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Abstract

We characterized the temperature sensitivity of birefringence of typical solid core polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF). Mainly the temperature dependence of birefringence is determined by two factors which are thermo-optic effects and thermal expansion. Numerical simulation with ANSYS and RSOFT show that the birefringence temperature susceptibility can be described as a polynomial function of Λ (distance between small holes) and zero temperature coefficient may be obtained at optimum Λ. A high precision birefringence measure setup was built and the birefringence of five PM-PCFs samples with different Λ were measured under different temperature. The experimental result agreed well with the simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Sensor Systems and Applications V
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventAdvanced Sensor Systems and Applications V - Beijing, China
Duration: 5 Nov 20126 Nov 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8561
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdvanced Sensor Systems and Applications V
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period5/11/126/11/12

Keywords

  • Birefringence
  • PM-PCF
  • Temperature sensitivity

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