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The birefringent properties of a new type of Total Internal Reflection Photonic Crystal Fiber(TIR-PCF) filled symmetrically with magnetic fluid in the holes are studies by using the full-vector finite element method.To improve numerical precision, the perfectly matched layer is used as an absorbing boundary condition in computing. Theoretical calculations show that it may exhibit high birefringence in a properly designed PCF (whose birefringence can be as high as 0.05), and the birefringence can be tuned by magnetic fields or the structure parameter of the PCF. The birefringence effect is ten times higher than the general fiber and there is a fairly good linearity. This scheme provides theoretical foundation to use magnetic field to control light in PCF and also offers a potential method for making high-birefringent polarization fiber.
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Zhang, Y., Li, D. (2012). Analysis of Birefringent Characteristics of Photonic Crystal Fibers Filled Magnetic Fluid. In: Zhang, H., Hussain, A., Liu, D., Wang, Z. (eds) Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. BICS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7366. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31561-9_28
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