• DocumentCode
    421142
  • Title

    Bending-induced thermal stress birefringence in single-mode fibers

  • Author

    Rentier, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Technische Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    331
  • Abstract
    The field deformation in bent fibers causes a non-symmetric field overlap with the thermal fiber stress profile and yields large modal stress birefringence. The latter can fully compensate the well-known bending-induced mechanical stress birefringence.
  • Keywords
    bending; mechanical birefringence; optical fibre testing; thermal stresses; bending; bent fibers; field deformation; mechanical stress birefringence; modal stress birefringence; nonsymmetric field overlap; single-mode fibers; thermal fiber stress profile; thermal stress birefringence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359275