Effect of Non-linear Co-efficient of a hexagonal PCF depending on effective area

A photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is an optical fiber that gets the waveguide characteristics from an array of very small and tightly separated air holes that run the length of the fiber rather than from a spatially changing glass structure. These air holes can be created by stacking capillary and/or solid tubes and implanting those into a bigger tube, or even by utilizing a preform containing holes. PCFs have a wide range of characteristics. One of these is the non-linear co-efficient. This property is influenced by factors such as effective area, pitch size, and so on. The overall goal of this study is to develop and improve the optical characteristics of PCFs and to design a hexagonal PCF for wideband near-zero dispersion-flattened features for dispersion managed applications. The non-linear co-efficient of the hexagonal PCF with respect to effective area is also calculated here