Design of low-loss single-polarization single-mode photonic-crystal fiber based on polymer

Abstract

A new structure for single-polarization single-mode photonic-crystal fiber is proposed and numerically analyzed by using a full vector finite element method with anisotropic perfectly matched layers. The cutoff wavelength of two linearly polarized states can be controlled artificially by varying the structure parameters of photonic crystal fiber. The confinement loss are also numerically calculated and optimized at 650 nm communication wavelength of polymer optical fiber. From the numerical results it is confirmed that the proposed fiber is low-loss single-polarization single-mode photonic-crystal fiber within the wavelength range from 0.63 to 0.73 µm, where only the slow-axis mode exists and the confinement loss is less than 0.05 dB m−1.