Explicit birefringence analysis for anisotropic fibers

Author

Wu, Ruey-Beei

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

11

Abstract

A hyper-perturbation approach is used to find the Taylor expansion formulas for the dispersion curves of arbitrarily indexed optical fibers. These formulas are then used to give analytically the birefringence characteristics of optical fibers with biaxially anisotropic core and cladding. The dependence of the fiber birefringence on the index difference, index anisotropy, and the normalized frequency is explicitly determined. Simple, accurate analytic formulas have been presented for anisotropic fibers with step- and parabolic-index profiles. Numerical results are in good agreement with the literature results

Keywords

birefringence; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; perturbation theory; refractive index; Taylor expansion formulas; anisotropic fibers; arbitrarily indexed optical fibers; biaxially anisotropic core; birefringence analysis; birefringence characteristics; cladding; dispersion curves; fiber birefringence; hyper-perturbation approach; index anisotropy; index difference; normalized frequency; parabolic-index profiles; step-index profiles; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Propagation constant; Taylor series;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.108728

Filename

108728