An asymmetric dual-core single-polarization single-mode photonic crystal fiber coupler

Abstract

A vectorial finite element method (VFEM) is adopted to investigate the novel single-polarization single-mode (SPSM) photonic crystal fiber (PCF) coupler which has asymmetric dual-core and two lines of enlarged air holes. It is demonstrated that the SPSM region of the designed fiber can be more than 250 nm wide with a set of optimized air-hole parameters and the width of the SPSM region could change slightly by fine adjustment of the inner large air holes. The coupling length between the odd and even x-polarization modes is also investigated through fine-tuning the large and small air-hole diameters.

Keywords

Photonic Crystal Fiber / Perfect Match Layer / Coupling Length / IEEE Photonic Technology Letter / Perfect Match Layer Boundary

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