Broadband Single-polarization Guidance In Hybrid Photonic Crystal Fibers

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Polarization Analysis Across Different Photonic Bandgaps Of Hybrid Photonic Crystal Fibers

We present an experimental polarization analysis across different photonic bandgaps of three Hybrid Photonic Crystal Fibers. Polarization dependent loss of at least 17.5 dB has been observed in the first three bandgaps around 1500 nm. © 2011 AOS.618620Arismar Cerqueira Jr., S., Recent Progress and Novel Applications of Photonic Crystal Fibers (2010) Rep. on Progress in Physics, 73, p. 024401Arismar Cerqueira Jr., S., Hybrid Photonic Crystal Fiber (2006) Opt. Express, 14, pp. 926-931Arismar Cerqueira Jr., S., Broadband single-polarization guidance in hybrid photonic crystal fibers (2011) Opt. Letters, 36, pp. 133-135Arismar Cerqueira Jr., S., Nonlinear Interaction between two different photonic bandgaps of a hybrid photonic crystal fiber (2008) Opt.Letters, 33, pp. 2080-2082Ortigosa-Blanch, A., Highly Birefringent Photonic Crystal Fiber (2000) Opt. Letters, 25, pp. 1325-1327Folkenberg, J.R., Broadband single-polarization photonic crystal fiber (2005) Opt. Letters, 30, pp. 1446-1448Goto, R., Single-polarization operation in birefringent all-solid hybrid microstructured fiber with additional stress applying parts (2009) Opt.Express, 34, pp. 3119-3121Sun, J., Chan, C.C., Hybrid guiding in liquid-crystal photonic crystal fibers (2007) JOSA B, 24, pp. 2640-2646Schreiber, T., Stress-induced single-polarization single-transverse mode photonic crystal fiber with low nonlinearity (2005) Opt. Express, 13, pp. 7621-7630Birks, T.A., Bending loss in all-solid bandgap fibers (2006) Opt. Express, 14, pp. 5688-569