Title :
Circularly birefringent single-mode optical fibres
Author :
Hussey, C.D. ; Birch, R.D. ; Fujii, Yuka
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The rotation of polarised light which occurs in a twisted anisotropic medium is exploited to produce very high circular birefringence in single-mode optical fibres. Beat lengths of less than 5 mm have already been achieved in some preliminary experiments.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical rotation; beat lengths; circular birefringence; polarised light rotation; single-mode optical fibres; twisted anisotropic medium;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860090
