Birefringence, dispersion and loss properties for PCFs with rectangular air-holes

In this paper, the solid-core fiber designs constructed by omitting one air-hole at the center of square-lattice silica photonic crystals with rectangular shaped air-holes have been investigated theoretically and their characteristics have been compared with those of square ones. Using commercial simulation software, birefringence, dispersion, numerical aperture and confinement loss of the fundamental modes are analyzed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved