Design of photonic crystal fiber with elliptical air-holes to achieve simultaneous high birefringence and nonlinearity<xref rid="cpb_27_1_014206_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_27_1_014206_fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61475029).</p> </fn>

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 Min^{1, 2, †}, Hou Jingyun¹, Yang Xu¹, Zhao Bingyue¹, Shum Ping³

(a) Dependence of the birefringence on D_x with d_x = 0.52 Λ, Λ = 0.8, and η = 0.5 at λ = 1.55 μm. (b) Dependence of birefringence on d_x with D_x = 0.64Λ, Λ = 0.8, and η = 0.5 at λ = 1.55 μm