Title :
Analysis of birefringence and eigen-axes orientation resulting from the interplay between initial and form birefringence in UV-illuminated fiber
Author :
Belhadj, N. ; LaRochelle, S. ; Dossou, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de genie electr. et de genie informatique, Laval Univ., Que.
Abstract :
Birefringence and eigen-axes orientation are computed in UV-illuminated fibers with a high-order isoparametric vectorial finite element method. Form birefringence is included in the index profile of weakly birefringent fibers and various UV-beam orientations are considered
Keywords :
birefringence; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; finite element analysis; optical fibre polarisation; UV-beam orientation; UV-illuminated fibers; eigen-polarization axis; high-order isoparametric vectorial finite element method; photoinduced birefringence analysis; Australia; Birefringence; Finite element methods; Numerical analysis; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Virtual manufacturing; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279133
