Broadband measurement of dispersion in a two-mode birefringent holey fiber by spectral interferometric techniques

P. Hlubina; D. Ciprian; M. Kadulova; G. Statkiewicz-Barabach; W. Urbanczyk

doi:10.1117/12.819253

19 May 2009 Broadband measurement of dispersion in a two-mode birefringent holey fiber by spectral interferometric techniques

P. Hlubina, D. Ciprian, M. Kadulova, G. Statkiewicz-Barabach, W. Urbanczyk

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Proceedings Volume 7357, Photonic Crystal Fibers III; 73570A (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819253
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We present the results of broadband dispersion measurement of a two-mode birefringent holey fiber (BHF). First, a spectral interferometric technique employing an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer with the fiber in the test arm is used for measuring the wavelength dependence of the group effective index of the fundamental mode supported by the fiber. Second, a spectral interferometric technique employing a tandem configuration of a Michelson interferometer and the BHF under test is used for measuring the group modal birefringence dispersion for two lowest-order linearly polarized (LP) modes supported by the BHF. The data measured over a broad spectral range are fitted to polynomials to obtain the dispersion of the phase modal birefringence for both LP modes. We reveal that the results are in agreement with a general model of birefringence in air-silica BHFs.

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P. Hlubina, D. Ciprian, M. Kadulova, G. Statkiewicz-Barabach, and W. Urbanczyk "Broadband measurement of dispersion in a two-mode birefringent holey fiber by spectral interferometric techniques", Proc. SPIE 7357, Photonic Crystal Fibers III, 73570A (19 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819253

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