DocumentCode
1028704
Title
Single-mode single-polarisation fibre using resonant absorbing effect
Author
Zheng Xue-Heng
Author_Institution
Australian National University, Optical Sciences Centre, Canberra, Australia
Volume
23
Issue
1
fYear
1987
Firstpage
14
Lastpage
15
Abstract
Modes of two parallel fibres exhange energy completely only when their propagation constants are identical. When one fibre is birefringent, and the other isotropic and lossy, the energy of one polarisation mode swaps back and forth between two fibres and is eventually absorbed.
Keywords
birefringence; guided light propagation; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; birefringent fibre; energy exchange; isotropic lossy fibre; optical fibres; parallel fibres; propagation constants; resonant absorbing effect; single mode type; single-polarisation fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19870010
Filename
4257188
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