DocumentCode
958134
Title
Birefringence in slightly elliptical optical fibres
Author
Sammut, R.A.
Author_Institution
Australian National University, Department of Applied Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Canberra, Australia
Volume
16
Issue
19
fYear
1980
Firstpage
728
Lastpage
729
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19800517
Filename
4244293
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