A hexagonal shape elliptical
core microstructured photonic crystal fiber (PCF) has been designed and
numerically studied. Propagation characteristics of the introduced PCF
have been rigorously investigated through full vector finite element
method (FV-FEM). The numerical investigation has been carefully carried
out over the wavelength range from 1.3 μm - 2.00 μm by adopting the
anisotropic perfectly matched layer (APML) as boundary condition. By
tuning the global geometric parameters of PCF model, various performance
parameters such as birefringence, effective mode area, dispersion,
power fraction and nonlinearity have been inquired. This design has been
simultaneously achieved high nonlinearity, ultra-high nonlinearity and
large negative dispersion. Moreover, this hexagonal PCF structure can be
more easily fabricated by sol-gel technique compared to other existing
PCFs. Now it can be affirmed that, this PCF model has nifty potential in
high-performance optical devices and applications.