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Optical fiber with the elliptical hollow core and an anisotropic metamaterial (AMM) cladding is presented with an excellent experimental potentiality. In this case, birefringence arises due to the perturbed (elliptical) core and also with the metamaterial used in the cladding which is anisotropic in nature. We theoretically analyze the birefringence of the designed fiber over different wavelengths (ranging from ultraviolet to infrared) for various metal (silver) and dielectric (Al2O3) concentrations in the structured AMM. The length over which the state of polarization can be regained (beat length) and also the phase birefringence are analyzed numerically. Plots are obtained using finite element method.
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Mahalakshmi, P., Venkatesh, S., Sumathi, M. et al. Manipulating high birefringence in elliptical core meta fiber by varying metal/dielectric concentration of the framed AMM. Opt Quant Electron 49, 202 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-017-1018-3
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