DocumentCode
847702
Title
Anisotropic fiber couplers with nonaligned optical axes
Author
Snyder, A.W. ; Stevenson, Andrew
Author_Institution
Opt. Sci. Center, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Volume
6
Issue
3
fYear
1988
fDate
3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
450
Lastpage
462
Abstract
Evanescent-type couplers composed of identical anisotropic cores with nonaligned stress axes reveal interesting propagation characteristics, such as power transfer occurring on two different length scales and reduced polarization holding capacity. The four normal modes have different propagation constants and electric field vectors which are skew to each other
Keywords
guided light propagation; optical couplers; optical fibres; anisotropic cores; anisotropic fibre couplers; electric field vectors; evanescent-type couplers; nonaligned optical axes; nonaligned stress axes; normal modes; polarization holding capacity; power transfer; propagation characteristics; propagation constants; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Geometrical optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical refraction; Propagation constant; Stress;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.4023
Filename
4023
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