Directional Coupler Based on a Photonic Quasi-Crystal Fiber with Extended Cores

Abstract In this paper, an optical coupler composed by a photonic quasi-crystal fiber (PQCF) with two cores is proposed. The structure is obtained by immersion of a quasi-periodic arrangement of air holes replicated twelve-fold in a conventional fiber optical constituted of pure silica. The cores ar...

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Main Authors: J. P. da Silva, Einstein G. dos Santos, Marcos T. B. Segundo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microondas e Optoeletrônica; Sociedade Brasileira de Eletromagnetismo
Series:Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-10742018000200201&lng=en&tlng=en