Small coupling length with a low confinement loss dual-core liquid infiltrated photonic crystal fiber coupler

Abstract

In this paper, a dual-core liquid filled photonic crystal fiber coupler (PCFC) with rectangular (RPCFC) and hexagonal (HPCFC) geometry is presented from the 1200 to 1800 nm wavelength range. In the proposed design, super flint (SF10) glass is used as the background material and water, chloroform, and benzene are infiltrated in the dual-core, independently. The properties of the guided modes are studied by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method with a perfectly matched layer (PML) boundary condition. Results reveal very small confinement loss with a low coupling length and birefringence for the wide wavelength range. At the 1.55 μm wavelength, RPCFC shows 0.000318, 0.000358, and 0.000379 m coupling lengths for the water, chloroform, and benzene filled dual-core, respectively. Additionally, the confinement loss of 1.57×10−7, 1.22×10−7, and 1.05×10−7 db/km is achieved through RPCFC. Moreover, both the PCFCs present a small polarization variation. Therefore, the proposed PCFC models can be used in optical communication systems, and polarization-independent and high temperature-sensitive applications areas.