EXTENDED TRIANGULAR LATTICE TYPE PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER

Abstract

An extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber, includes a cladding and a capillary core, the cladding having a plurality of holes disposed within a silica glass portion in a longitudinal direction of the fiber and arranged in an extended triangular lattice shape, the capillary core having a plurality of holes arranged in a triangular lattice shape, wherein the cross-sectional area of the respective holes in the capillary core is smaller than that of the respective holes in the cladding.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Aspects of the invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a conventional extended triangular lattice type PBGF;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of a conventional, extended triangular lattice type PBGF;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a first embodiment of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a second embodiment of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating unit cells of the extended triangular lattice which is included within the cladding of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating unit cells of the extended triangular lattice which is included within the core of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the cladding in the extended triangular lattice type PBGF of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a graph illustrating the band structure of the extended triangular lattice shown FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in Comparative Example 1;

FIG. 10 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in Comparative Example 1;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 1;

FIG. 12 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 1;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice PBGF manufactured in example 2;

FIG. 14 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 2;

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in Comparative Example 2;

FIG. 16 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in Comparative Example 2;

FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 3;

FIG. 18 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 3;

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in Comparative Example 3;

FIG. 20 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in Comparative Example 3;

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 4;

FIG. 22 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 4;

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the main portion of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 5; and

FIG. 24 is a graph illustrating dispersion within bandgap of the extended triangular lattice type PBGF manufactured in example 5.

Claims

1. An extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber, comprising a cladding and a capillary core, the cladding having a plurality of holes disposed within a silica glass portion in a longitudinal direction of the fiber and arranged in an extended triangular lattice shapes the capillary core having a plurality of holes arranged in a triangular lattice shape, wherein the cross-sectional area of the respective holes in the capillary core is smaller than that of the respective holes in the cladding.

2. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein unit cells in the en triangular lattice of the cladding are configured such that a plurality of holes having a hexagonal cross section are arranged in the extended triangular lattice shape interposed by a wall made of silica glass, unit cells of the capillary core are configured such that a plurality of holes having a hexagonal cross section are arranged in a triangular lattice shape interposed by a wall made of silica glass, and the thickness of the wall wb in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding and the thickness of the wall wc in the extended triangular lattice of the capillary core satisfy the following relation: wb<wc.

3. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the capillary core has seven holes in total, the one hole of the seven holes is arranged in the center of the core, and the remaining six holes of the seven holes are arranged in the first layer surrounding the center of the core.

4. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the capillary core has thirty seven holes in total, one hole of the thirty seven holes is arranged in the center of the core, six holes of the thirty seven holes are arranged in the first layer surrounding the center of the core, twelve holes of the thirty seven holes are arranged in the second layer surrounding the first layer, and the remaining eighteen holes of the thirty seven holes are arranged in the third layer surrounding the second layer.

5. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the capillary core has ninety one holes in total, one hole of the ninety one holes is arranged in the center of the core, and the remaining holes of the ninety one holes are arranged in five layers surrounding the center of the core.

6. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the capillary core has one hole layer in the center of the core and at least seven hole layers surrounding the center of the core.

7. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the wall wb in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding satisfies the following relation: 0.03Λ≦wb≦0.4Λ, where Λ is a pitch in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding.

8. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 7, wherein the thickness of the wall wc in the extended triangular lattice of the capillary core satisfies the following relation: 0.05Λ≦wc≦0.6Λ.

9. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein a core mode in which at least 60% of propagation power is concentrated on the region of the capillary core only is present, while a surface mode in which at least 40% of propagation power is present in the remainder of the capillary core region is absent.

10. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the propagation mode is present, within the range satisfying the following relation: 0.8Λ≦wr≦Λ, 0.04Λ≦wb≦0.12Λ, 0.12Λ≦wc≦0.25Λ, and a wavelength λ satisfying: 0.9≦Γ/λ≦1.8, where Λ is the pitch of an extended triangular lattice, wr is the diameter of silica glass portion in an extended triangular lattice, wb is the thickness of a wall in an extended triangular lattice of cladding, wc is the thickness of a wall in the triangular lattice of capillary core, and Γ=2Λ, respectively.

11. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the propagation mode is present, within the range satisfying the following relation: 0.8Λ≦wr≦Λ, 0.04Λ≦wb≦0.12Λ, 0.25Λ≦wc≦0.35Λ, and a wavelength λ satisfying: 0.9≦Λ/λ≦2.4, where Λ is the pitch of an extended triangular lattice, wr is the diameter of silica glass portion in an extended triangular lattice, wb is the thickness of a wall in an extended triangular lattice of cladding, wc is the thickness of a wall in the triangular lattice of capillary core, and Γ=2Λ, respectively.

12. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the propagation mode is present, within the range satisfying the following relation: 0.5Λ≦wr≦0.9Λ, 0.06Λ≦wb≦0.14Λ, 0.15Λ≦wc≦0.25Λ, and a wavelength λ satisfying: 0.9≦Γ/λ≦2.8, where Λ is the pitch of an extended triangular lattice, wr is the diameter of silica glass portion in an extended triangular lattice, wb is the thickness of a wall in an extended triangular lattice of cladding, wc is the thickness of a wall in the triangular lattice of capillary core, and Γ=2Λ, respectively.

13. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 1, wherein the photonic bandgap fiber operates in a single mode.

14. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 13, wherein unit cells in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding are configured such that a plurality of holes having a hexagonal cross section are arranged in the extended triangular lattice shape interposed by a wall made of silica glass, unit cells of the capillary core are configured such that a plurality of holes having a hexagonal cross section are arranged in a triangular lattice shape interposed by a wall made of silica glass, and the thickness of the wall wb in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding and the thickness of the wall wc in the extended triangular lattice of the capillary core satisfy the following relation: wb<wc.

15. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 13, wherein the cladding has either circular or hexagonal holes and the capillary core has either circular or hexagonal holes.

16. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 13, wherein the capillary core has seven holes in total, the one hole of the seven holes is arranged in the center of the core, and the remaining six holes of the seven holes are arranged in the first layer surrounding the center of the core.

17. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 13, wherein the thickness of the wall wb in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding satisfies the following relation: 0.03Λ≦wb≦0.2Λ, where Λ is a pitch in the extended triangular lattice of the cladding.

18. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 17, wherein the thickness of the wall wc in the extended triangular lattice of the capillary core satisfies the following relation: 0.05Λ≦wc≦0.25Λ.

19. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 13, wherein a core mode in which at least 60% of propagation power is concentrated on the region of the capillary core only is present, while a surface mode in which at least 40% of propagation power is present in the remainder of the capillary core region is absent.

20. The extended triangular lattice type photonic bandgap fiber according to claim 13, wherein the propagation mode is present, within the range satisfying the following relation: 0.6Λ≦wr≦Λ, 0.04Λ≦wb≦0.12Λ, 0.06Λ≦wc≦0.18Λ, and a wavelength λ satisfying: 0.8≦Γ/λ≦1.8, where Λ is the pitch of an extended triangular lattice, wr is the diameter of silica glass portion in an extended triangular lattice, wb is the thickness of a wall in an extended triangular lattice of cladding, wc is the thickness of a wall in the triangular lattice of capillary core, and Γ=2Λ, respectively.