• DocumentCode
    1028946
  • Title

    Fabrication and characterisation of circularly birefringent helical fibres

  • Author

    Birch, R.D.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Computer Science, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    52
  • Abstract
    A technique for fabricating helical-core circularly birefringent fibres is reported. Extremely high levels of circular birefringence are achieved (B = 2.1 × 10-4 at 633 nm). Because of its unique structure, this fibre remains single-mode up to V values of 25.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; 633 nm; characterisation; circularly birefringent helical fibres; fabrication; helical-core circularly birefringent fibres; levels of circular birefringence; operation; polarisation maintaining fibres; single mode optical fibres; structure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870037
  • Filename
    4257253
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1028946