Structural Simulation and Investigation of Propagation Characteristics of Photonic Crystal Fibers for Efficient Transmission and Delivery of Ultrashort Optical Pulses

Over the years, various studies have been done on the structural designing and analysis of photonic crystal fibers. Their unique specialty is their flexibility in designing and excellent optical properties. This study simulates PCFs to come up with the parameters favoring for an efficient transmission. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method is used for simulations and to characterize the optical parameters of the designed fiber. The effect of the structural parameters of the fiber on the transmission, confinement loss and dispersion is studied. Tailoring of zero dispersion wavelengths by changing the diameter of air holes, pitch and number of air hole rings has been investigated.