Comments on “Thermooptical Sensitivity Analysis of Highly Birefringent Polarimetric Sensing Photonic Crystal Fibers With Elliptically Elongated Veins”

In the above-named work, Florous et al. have presented calculations of thermal sensitivity of photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) with elliptical holes. Here, the commentors compare results with those obtained by the commentors in June 2003. The commentors also include improved calculations of the thermooptics effect contribution to the polarimetric sensitivity of PCF and, on this basis, present a critical analysis of the calculations given in both Florous et al.'s work and the June 2003 article.