6 January 2021 Design of polarization beam splitter based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber with three layers of elliptical air holes
Chaobin Ren, Jinhui Yuan, Kuiru Wang, Binbin Yan, Xinzhu Sang, Chongxiu Yu
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Abstract

A polarization beam splitter (PBS) based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber (DC-PCF) with three layers of elliptical air holes is proposed. The full-vector finite element method is used to investigate the coupling and propagation characteristics of the PBS, and the three-dimensional beam propagation method is used to demonstrate the evolutions of the x-pol and y-pol light fields in cores A and B of the DC-PCF. In this design, the elliptical air holes are introduced to enhance the birefringence of the DC-PCF. The simulation results show that, with the proposed PBS, the complete beam splitting can be achieved at wavelength 1.55  μm when the fiber length is 254  μm. Moreover, when the extinction ratio is less than −20  dB, the bandwidth of the PBS can be up to 48 nm, covering the whole C-band. It is believed that the proposed PBS will be a promising candidate in laser and sensor systems.

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Chaobin Ren, Jinhui Yuan, Kuiru Wang, Binbin Yan, Xinzhu Sang, and Chongxiu Yu "Design of polarization beam splitter based on dual-core photonic crystal fiber with three layers of elliptical air holes," Optical Engineering 60(1), 017102 (6 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.60.1.017102
Received: 13 August 2020; Accepted: 15 December 2020; Published: 6 January 2021
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KEYWORDS
Birefringence

Beam splitters

Polarization

Light wave propagation

Photon polarization

Optical engineering

Photonic crystal fibers

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