Title :
Birefringence in slightly elliptical optical fibres
Author_Institution :
Australian National University, Department of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Canberra, Australia
Abstract :
The accuracy of first-order approximations to the degree of birefringence of monomode fibres is examined by calculating the magnitude of second-order corrections. It is found that, for most fibres encountered in practice, the first-order result is perfectly adequate.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibres; birefringence; first order approximation; monomode fibres; optical fibres; second order correction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800517
