Title :
Bending-induced thermal stress birefringence in single-mode fibers
Author_Institution :
Technische Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
The field deformation in bent fibers causes a non-symmetric field overlap with the thermal fiber stress profile and yields large modal stress birefringence. The latter can fully compensate the well-known bending-induced mechanical stress birefringence.
Keywords :
bending; mechanical birefringence; optical fibre testing; thermal stresses; bending; bent fibers; field deformation; mechanical stress birefringence; modal stress birefringence; nonsymmetric field overlap; single-mode fibers; thermal fiber stress profile; thermal stress birefringence;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
