Broadband single-polarization photonic crystal fiber

Opt Lett. 2005 Jun 15;30(12):1446-8. doi: 10.1364/ol.30.001446.

Abstract

We demonstrate a single-mode photonic crystal fiber that supports only one polarization state in a 220-nm-broad spectral region centered at 727 nm. The fiber has a mode-field diameter of 15.5 microm and background losses of < 15 dB/km in the single-polarization region. To our knowledge, these are the broadest bandwidth and the largest mode size yet reported for a single-polarization fiber.