Analysis of Dispersion Properties of Chirped Long-Period Fiber Grating Based on Two Fiber Analysis Models

Abstract:

In this paper, the difference of core-mode effective refractive indices (RIs) and the long-period fiber grating (LPFG) resonant wavelength in an uniaxial-crystal fiber resulted from two fiber analysis models were demonstrated and analyzed. The two models are two-layered medium model which is normally used for conventional single-mode optical communications fiber and three-layered medium model. Using Transfer Matrix Method (TMM) based on Coupled-Mode Theory (CMT), the different dispersion properties of chirped long-period fiber gratings (CLPFG) calculated by both models were compared. The result shows that the difference of the core-mode effective RIs is significant especially when the cladding radius and cladding mode order are small, which indicates the limitation of the two-layer model, and that reducing the cladding radius and increasing the cladding mode order can improve the CLPFG dispersion compensation capability effectively. This paper provides guidance to the design and accurate analysis of CLPFG based dispersion compensator (DC).

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1030-1032)
• Pages: 20-24
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1030-1032.20
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Jing Yi Wang, Yu Kun Bai
• Keywords: Chirped Long-Period Fiber Gratings, Dispersion Compensation, Optical Fiber, Transmission Spectrum, Uniaxial-Crystal Fiber Medium Model

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