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) Birefringence as a function of wavelength for varying Λ with Dx = 0.64Λ, dx = 0.52Λ, and η = 0.5.