Optical and Quantum Electronics

, Volume 44, Issue 6–7, pp 323–335 | Cite as

A novel broadband dispersion compensating square-lattice photonic crystal fiber

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel square-lattice photonic crystal fiber (SPCF) for dispersion compensation in a wide range of wavelengths. Perfectly matched layer (PML) is considered for the boundary treatment and an efficient compact two dimensional finite-difference frequency-domain (2-D FDFD) method is employed to model square-lattice photonic crystal fibers (SPCF). It has been shown with selecting appropriate parameters for SPCF it is possible to obtain high negative dispersion coefficient, negative dispersion slope over E to L wavelengths, confinement losses less than 10−5 dB/m and splice losses less than 3.6 dB. The designed SPCF exhibits a relative dispersion slope (RDS) of 3.543 × 10−3 nm−1 which is closely matched to the RDS of conventional single mode fibers.

Keywords

Square-lattice PCF Dispersion compensation fiber Confinement loss Splice loss 2-D FDFD 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Sama Technical and Vocational Training SchoolIslamic Azad University, Sahand BranchSahand, TabrizIran

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