1. Measurement of bending-induced birefringence in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber
- Author
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Byoung Yoon Kim, Hee Su Park, Dongyun Chung, and Fabian Rotermund
- Subjects
Hollow core ,Quantitative Biology::Biomolecules ,Birefringence ,Materials science ,Fast axis ,Scanning electron microscope ,business.industry ,Inverse-square law ,Bend radius ,Physics::Optics ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Polarization (waves) ,01 natural sciences ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,010309 optics ,Optics ,0103 physical sciences ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Photonic-crystal fiber - Abstract
We report the measurement of bending-induced birefringence in the presence of large intrinsic birefringence in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber (HC-PCF). The fast axis of bending-induced birefringence was found to be normal to the bending plane, in contrast to the conventional fiber case. The dependence of the induced birefringence on the bending radius was also different from the typical inverse square law. Possibilities and design criteria for polarization controllers using bending-induced birefringence in HC-PCFs are presented.
- Published
- 2019