Abstract
We report the fabrication of what are believed to be the first microstructured optical fibers with uniformly oriented elliptical holes. A high degree of hole ellipticity is achieved with a simple technique that relies on hole deformation during fiber draw. Both form and stress-optic birefringence are characterized over a broad wavelength range. These measurements are in excellent agreement with numerical modeling and demonstrate a birefringence as high as at a wavelength of 850 nm.
© 2004 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
C. Kerbage, P. Steinvurzel, P. Reyes, P. S. Westbrook, R. S. Windeler, A. Hale, and B. J. Eggleton
Opt. Lett. 27(10) 842-844 (2002)
Joseph Zagari, Alexander Argyros, Nader A. Issa, Geoff Barton, Geoffrey Henry, Maryanne C. J. Large, Leon Poladian, and Martijn A. van Eijkelenborg
Opt. Lett. 29(8) 818-820 (2004)
Zhaoming Zhu and Thomas G. Brown
Opt. Lett. 28(23) 2306-2308 (2003)