Design of photonic crystal fiber with elliptical air-holes to achieve simultaneous high birefringence and nonlinearity*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61475029).

Liu Min1, 2, †, Hou Jingyun1, Yang Xu1, Zhao Bingyue1, Shum Ping3
       

(color online) Electric field distribution of X for the polarized modes at 1550 nm with Dx = 0.64Λ, dx = 0.52Λ, Λ = 0.8 μm, and η = 0.5