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Microstructured Optical Fibres
Introduction
• Information Age – Computers, CD’s, Internet• Need a way to transmit data – Optic Fibres• Other uses – medicine, surveillance
The story so far…• Currently use conventional optic fibres• Began in the 60’s, first used in the 80’s• So far, so good• Moore’s Law + Economics = Need for better fibres
Problems…
• Losses – 0.18dB/km at best = lose 4% of power/km
• Restricted wavelength
• Dispersion
Microstructured Optical Fibres(MOFs)
• First thought of 10 years ago
• Fibre + air holes = MOF
• Lower losses
• Much greater versatility
Simple Concepts• Light is contained in the fibre by the holes• Light propagates along many modes• Intermodal Dispersion - coupling between modes• Only want single mode fibres (fundamental mode)
Polarisation Mode Dispersion
• Fundamental mode – two polarisations
• Coupling between different polarisations
• Theory – degenerate modes, no coupling
• Heat, stress, manufacture = imperfections
• Reality – non-degenerate modes, coupling
Solution?
• Create a non-symmetric fibre – birefringence
• Fundamental mode no longer degenerate
• Use only one polarisation – eliminate polarisation mode dispersion
My Experiment
• Investigate modes in non-symmetric MOFs
• Computer simulations, using programs written by Boris Kuhlmey
• Input parameters and structure
• Program gives information about modes
Basic parameters
• Used three rings of holes – six holes in the first ring, 12 in the second, 18 in the third
• Kept hole size constant at 1.30 m
• Kept wavelength constant at 1.55 m
• Kept fibre size and refractive indices constant
Ellipses
• Used Ellipses, varying eccentricity while keeping the semi-major axis constant (length a) Eccentricity = e = (1-b2/a2)0.5
• Put cylinders equally along the arc
Problems/Constraints
• No formula for arc length of an ellipse – numerical integration
• Can’t have eccentricity too close to 1 – cylinders overlap, results inaccurate
• Took 0 =< e < 0.77
Input Data
The Fibre
Output
Output (continued)• The program generates two modes:
Mode 1 Mode 2The field shown is the Poynting Vector in the z-direction
The difference?• The same two modes:
Mode 1 Mode 2
The field shown is the E field in the x-direction
Important Numbers
• Refractive Index = = r + ii
• Real Component – “Normal” refractive index e.g. Snell’s Law
• Imaginary Component – Loss of the fibre
• Degree of Birefringence – Bm = |r,x - r,y|
• Bm > 10-4 = good fibre
LossesLoss vs Eccentricity
0.00000E+00
5.00000E-14
1.00000E-13
1.50000E-13
2.00000E-13
2.50000E-13
3.00000E-13
3.50000E-13
4.00000E-13
4.50000E-13
5.00000E-13
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Eccentricity
Loss
x-polarised
y-polarised
ResultsRefractive Index vs Eccentricity
1.42
1.42
1.42
1.43
1.43
1.43
1.43
1.43
1.44
1.44
1.44
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Eccentricity
Refr
acti
ve I
nd
ex (
real)
x-polarised
y polarised
More ResultsBm vs Eccentricity
0.00000E+00
2.00000E-04
4.00000E-04
6.00000E-04
8.00000E-04
1.00000E-03
1.20000E-03
1.40000E-03
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Eccentricity
Bm
Trends?Bm
0.5 vs Eccentricity
y = 0.1648x4 - 0.1407x3 + 0.0519x2 + 0.015x + 8E-05
R2 = 0.9999
0.00000E+00
5.00000E-03
1.00000E-02
1.50000E-02
2.00000E-02
2.50000E-02
3.00000E-02
3.50000E-02
4.00000E-02
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
Eccentricity
Bm
0.5
Summary
• Losses decrease with eccentricity, with i,x less than i,y - can create
• Real part of refractive index decreases with eccentricity, with r,y less than r,x
• Bm increases with eccentricity according to a power law
• Can create highly birefringent fibres using this method
References• Govind P. Agrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (Wiley and Sons, New York,
2002)• Thomas White, “Microstructured Optical Fibres – a Multipole Formulation”, University
of Sydney, October 2000• Boris T. Kuhlmey, “Theoretical and Numerical Investigation of the Physics of
Microstructured Optical Fibres”, University of Sydney, 2003• Boris T. Kuhlmey, Ross C. McPhedran, C. Martijn de Sterke, “Modal cutoff in
microstructured optical fibers”, 2002