| Summary: | This work proposes a novel polarization-maintaining hollow-core anti-resonant fiber structure characterized by high birefringence and low transmission loss. To address the inherent trade-off between birefringence and confinement loss, a Pareto-front-based multi-objective optimization algorithm is introduced into the geometrical design of the ARF. The optimal fiber design achieves a birefringence exceeding <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and a confinement loss of approximately 1 dB/m at the telecommunication wavelength of 1.55 <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>m. In particular, the asymmetric wall thickness configuration further improves the trade-off, enabling confinement loss as low as 0.15 dB/m while maintaining birefringence on the order of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. This approach significantly reduces computational cost and exhibits strong potential for applications in polarization-maintaining communications, precision sensing, and high-power laser delivery.
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