DocumentCode
1232769
Title
Strain-induced birefringence in mechanically inhomogeneous optical fibre
Author
Wong, D. ; Chu, P.L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia
Volume
25
Issue
22
fYear
1989
Firstpage
1545
Lastpage
1547
Abstract
The conventional two-dimensional plane strain finite-element method is extended to calculate the stresses and birefringence of polarisation-maintaining optical fibres which have different Young´s modulus and Poisson ratio in different regions of the fibre cross-section. The method is used to study the dependence of the fibre beat-length on the applied axial strain.
Keywords
finite element analysis; mechanical birefringence; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; Poisson ratio; Young´s modulus; axial strain; fibre beat-length; fibre cross-section; mechanically inhomogeneous optical fibre; polarisation-maintaining optical fibres; strain induced birefringence; two-dimensional plane strain finite-element method;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19891039
Filename
35191
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