A Novel Polarization Splitter Based on Dual-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber With a Liquid Crystal Modulation Core

Abstract

A novel polarization splitter based on dual-core silica glass photonic crystal fiber with a liquid crystal modulation core is studied by the finite-element method. The mode birefringence is enlarged greatly with the infilling of nematic liquid crystal of E7. The simulation results demonstrate that the polarization splitter has an ultrabroad bandwidth of 250 nm, covering the E S C L optical communication bands, with the extinction ratio better than -20 dB. The separate length is 0.175 mm, and the extinction ratio is -80.7 dB at the communication wavelength of 1550 nm. The polarization splitter exhibits satisfactory splitter performance as the fabrication deviation reaches to 1%. The extinction ratio maintains better than -20 dB, at the C L optical communication bands, as the temperature increases from 15 °C to 50 °C.