Abstract Based on a full-vector model, a theoretical study on a kind of high birefringence photonic crystal fibre is presented. Due to introducing air holes of two different sizes into the cladding, twofold rotational symmetry was obtained. We demonstrate the possibility of achieving high birefringence that is at least one order of magnitude higher than that of conventional polarization-maintaining fibres. The dependences of modal birefringence, modal field and differential group delay on the structure parameter of the fibres are discussed in detail. The numerical results are in very good agreement with the experimental results in the literature.
Received: 27 November 2003
Revised: 15 December 2003
Published: 21 June 2005
Fund: Project supported by the National High Technology Research Programme of China (Grant No 2002AA312190) and the fund of Beijing Jiaotong University (Grant No PD252).
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Lou Shu-Qin, Wang Zhi, Ren Guo-Bin, Jian Shui-Sheng Propagation properties of an index guiding high birefringence fibre 2004 Chin. Phys. 13 1493
