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Mode field measurement and discharge-redress techniques for polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fibers

  • Hongying Li
  • , Yuanhong Yang*
  • , Wei Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The model for characterizing the mode field of polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PMPCF) is proposed. The on-line mode field testing setup for PM-PCF is established based on the near field spot imaging method and the absolute measurement of mode field parameters is achieved with an infrared camera system. The effect of discharge on the PM-PCF mode field redress is investigated and the evolutions of mode field parameters are also obtained by numerical simulations. The calculation model of the splicing loss between PM-PCF and conventional polarization maintaining fiber is derived, and the low loss splicing condition is also determined and experimentally verified. The result demonstrates that the loss splicing between PM-PCF and conventional polarization maintaining fibers is successfully realized.

Original languageEnglish
Article number0206001
JournalGuangxue Xuebao/Acta Optica Sinica
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • Arc discharge
  • Fiber optics
  • Mode field
  • Near field spot imaging
  • Polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber

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