Waveguiding properties of a silicon nanowire embedded photonic crystal fiber

• Published in: Optical materials Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 958 - 964
• Main Authors: Gunasundari, E., Senthilnathan, K., Sivabalan, S., Abobaker, Abdosllam M., Nakkeeran, K., Ramesh Babu, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.03.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: Dispersions; Exact sciences and technology; Fiber optics; Finite element method; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Nanostructure; Nanowires; Nonlinearity; Optical elements, devices, and systems; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Optical properties; Optical waveguides and coupleurs; Optics; Photonic crystal fiber; Physics; Silicon; Silicon nanowire; Triangular-lattice; Waveguides; Wavelengths; Finite element method; Photonic crystal fiber; Triangular-lattice; Silicon nanowire; Optical fibers; Subwavelength; Theoretical study; Microstructured fiber; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Optical properties; Optical materials; Silicon; Nanowires

•Designed a triangular-lattice silicon nanowire embedded photonic crystal fiber.•Obtained a large normal (82,385ps2/km) and anomalous (−6817.3ps2/km) GVD.•Achieved high nonlinearity (5672.79W−1m−1) for small core diameter (300nm). We design a photonic silicon nanowire embedded microstructured optica...