In this communicate, we present a numerical approach allowing to model propagation characteristics of the large core birefringent holey fibers with stress applying elements. The main advantage of the proposed method is that it takes into account simultaneously both geometry of the holey region as well as material birefringence induced by stress applying elements. Using this approach, we calculated the spectral dependence of phase and group modal birefringence for different geometry of the analyzed fiber. Furthermore, the spectral dependence of polarimetric sensitivity to temperature was determined. The calculation results were compared with experimental data published earlier.

Date Published: 12 October 2005
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 5950, Photonic Crystals and Fibers, 59501V (12 October 2005); doi: 10.1117/12.625944

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5950:
Photonic Crystals and Fibers
Waclaw Urbanczyk; Bozena Jaskorzynska; Philip St. J. Russell, Editor(s)