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Study on the Fabrication Process of Polarization Maintaining Photonic Crystal Fibers and Their Optical Properties

  • Cho, Tai-Yong (Photonics Research Laboratory, Division of Intelligent System Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)) ;
  • Kim, Gil-Hwan (Photonics Research Laboratory, Division of Intelligent System Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)) ;
  • Lee, Kwan-Il (Photonics Research Laboratory, Division of Intelligent System Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Bae (Photonics Research Laboratory, Division of Intelligent System Research, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)) ;
  • Jeong, Je-Myung (Optical Communication Laboratory, Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University)
  • Received : 2008.01.11
  • Published : 2008.03.25
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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the fabrication process and the characteristics of polarization maintaining photonic crystal fibers (PM-PCFs). The PM-PCF is fabricated by stack-and-draw method, i.e., stacking silica capillary tubes (making a PM-PCF preform) and drawing to optical fiber. Firstly, a PM-PCF preform is formed by stacking two kinds of capillary tubes around a solid silica rod and jacketing these stacked tubes with an outer silica tube (out-jacket tube). Later, the desired preform is drawn to a fiber in a high temperature drawing tower. We also compare the polarization properties such as polarization dependent loss, birefringence, and differential group delay of the fabricated PM-PCF with those of the conventional PANDA PM fiber.

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