• DocumentCode
    1018461
  • Title

    Strain birefringence in single-polarisation germanosilicate optical fibres

  • Author

    Kaminow, I.P. ; Simpson, J.R. ; Presby, H.M. ; MacChesney, J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    677
  • Lastpage
    679
  • Abstract
    Fibres that maintain a fundamental mode with fixed polarisation can be realised by the introduction of a large strain birefringence. A modal birefringence of 3 × 10¿4 was achieved by differential thermal expansion in a germanosilicate fibre prepared from a circular preform by the exposed-cladding technique. Measurements of birefringence agree with earlier calculations.
  • Keywords
    mechanical birefringence; optical fibres; differential thermal expansion; exposed cladding technique; fundamental mode; modal birefringence; single polarisation germanosilicate optical fibres; strain birefringence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19790481
  • Filename
    4256099
    • Link To Document
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