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Fabrication And Characterization Of Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides And Cavities
Published on: November 30, 2012
Phase-sensitive optical low-coherence reflectometry technique applied to the characterization of photonic crystal
Carlos Palavicini1, Yves Jaouën, Guy Debarge
1Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 4151, GET-Telecom Paris, 75634 Paris, France.
Abstract:
Localized measurements of group-velocity dispersion and birefringence of photonic crystal fibers are achieved with a phase-sensitive optical low-coherence reflectometry technique. This technique is efficient for fiber samples no longer than 1 m. Theoretical simulations are in good agreement with experimental results. As a result, the stress-induced birefringence proves to be at most 1 order of magnitude below the geometrical-shape birefringence.
