Single-polarization single-mode broadband ultra-low loss hollow-core anti-resonant fiber with nested double C-type cladding tubes

Abstract

A novel five-tube nested double C-type single-polarization hollow-core anti-resonant fiber (HC-ARF) is proposed for single-polarization single-mode, ultra-low loss, and broadband characteristics. Different tube thicknesses are introduced along the orthogonal direction to couple the x-polarized fundamental mode (FM) to the silica modes (SMs). At the same time, the y-polarized FM is tightly bound in the core, achieving a high polarization extinction ratio (PER). In order to achieve large bandwidth, a layer of high-refractive-index silicon material is coated on the inner surface of the cladding tube. To the best of our knowledge, the proposed single-polarization HC-ARF has the highest PER at 1.55μm with a remarkable value of 162486 so far, while the y-polarized FM loss is only 1.4 × 10-3 dB/km. However, the single-polarization bandwidth remains limited. By optimizing the structural parameters on single-polarization bandwidth, the HC-ARF at 1.55μm for single-polarization single-mode transmission is obtained with a high-order mode extinction ratio (HOMER) and PER of 2891, 9531, respectively. In addition, a remarkably high single-polarization bandwidth of up to 150 nm is achieved with ultra-low confinement loss (CL) as low as 2.8 × 10-3 dB/km. Furthermore, the proposed fiber exhibits good bending characteristics, with a bending loss of 6.7 dB/km at the bending radius of 5 cm in the x-direction.