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Temperature independent highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre

Andrew Michie, John Canning, Katja Lyytikäinen, Mattias Åslund, and Justin Digweed

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Abstract

A highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre has been characterised as a function of temperature. The modal birefringence has been found to be independent of temperature from -25 to 800 °C.

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Figures (5)
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. SEM image of the cross-section of the fibre.

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Fig. 2. Experimental setup.

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Fig. 3.
Fig. 3. Typical interferogram as measured on the optical spectrum analyzer.

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Fig. 4. Temperature dependence of modal birefringence for a bow-tie fibre and HiBi-PCF.

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Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. Measured group birefringence and calculated modal birefringence as a function of wavelength for a bow-tie fibre and HiBi-PCF (measurements made @ 25°C).

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B = ∣ n x − n y ∣ ,
( λd B ( λ ) dλ − B ( λ ) ) = λ 2 2 L Δ λ = − B g ,
B g = − α ( k − 1 ) λ k
B = − B g ( k − 1 )
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