1. Temperature sensitivity of photonic crystal fibers infiltrated with ethanol solutions
- Author
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Tomasz Stefaniuk, Marek Trippenbach, Rafal Kasztelanic, Van Cao Long, Lanh Chu Van, Mariusz Klimczak, Ryszard Buczynski, and Hieu Le Van
- Subjects
Materials science ,business.industry ,Physics::Optics ,Core (optical fiber) ,Optics ,Lattice constant ,Zero-dispersion wavelength ,Dispersion (optics) ,Hexagonal lattice ,Composite material ,business ,Refractive index ,Photonic-crystal fiber ,Photonic crystal - Abstract
In this paper we present a numerical study on the optimization of dispersion of a photonic crystal fiber infiltrated with water-ethanol mixtures. The advantage of such an approach stems from the fact that the dependence of the refractive index on temperature is larger in liquids than in solid materials. Here, we examine photonic crystal fibers with a regular, hexagonal lattice and with various geometrical and material parameters, such as different number of rings of holes, various lattice constants and the size of core and air-holes. Additionally, for the optimized structure with flat dispersion characteristics, we analyze the influence of temperature and concentration of the ethanol solution on the dispersion characteristic and the zero dispersion wavelength shift of the fundamental mode.
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- 2015