Fusion splicing small-core photonic crystal fibers and single-mode fibers by controlled air hole collapse

2012 ◽  
Vol 285 (24) ◽  
pp. 5283-5286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuanfeng Zhou ◽  
Zilun Chen ◽  
Haihuan Chen ◽  
Jing Hou
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Photonic Crystal Fibers ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Small Core ◽  
Crystal Fibers ◽  
Air Hole

Stress Birefringence in Photonic Crystal Fibers Used in a Novel Field Installable LC Type Optical Connector

2007 ◽  
Vol 364-366 ◽  
pp. 404-407
Author(s):  
Samuel I En Lin
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Light Transmission ◽  
Photonic Crystal Fibers ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Single Mode Fiber ◽  
Hole Size ◽  
Finite Element Program ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Crystal Fibers ◽  
Air Hole

Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) have recently attracted a great deal of interest because of their unique characteristics and many controllable features. They include a wide range of single mode operation, highly birefringent characteristics (~10-3), high-power light transmission, etc. The field-installable LC connectors tend to be of the larger connector types in the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) distribution units. In these designs, fibers are clamped inside a splice assembly and are stressed within the connector. In this research, we first developed a novel cam-type mechanism for field-use LC connector. The fiber stress was analyzed via a commercial available finite element program. The stress birefringence distributions of single mode fiber and air-silica based PCFs were calculated by stress photoelastic effect. We further studied the effect of air-hole size on the stressinduced birefringence of PCFs. The results indicate that stress-induced birefringence decreases as air-hole size increase. On the other hand, the birefringence increases as applied clamping force increases on the single mode fiber.

Sensing properties of fiber Bragg gratings in small-core Ge-doped photonic crystal fibers

2009 ◽  
Vol 282 (6) ◽  
pp. 1129-1134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiping Wang ◽  
Hartmut Bartelt ◽  
Wolfgang Ecke ◽  
Reinhardt Willsch ◽  
Jens Kobelke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Photonic Crystal Fibers ◽  
Fiber Bragg Gratings ◽  
Bragg Gratings ◽  
Sensing Properties ◽  
Small Core ◽  
Crystal Fibers
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