• DocumentCode
    971085
  • Title

    Polarisation maintenance in circularly birefringent fibres

  • Author

    Barlow, A.J. ; Payne, David N.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    388
  • Lastpage
    389
  • Abstract
    The feasibility of twisted circularly birefringent polarisation maintaining fibres is investigated. It is shown that the twist rate required to provide immunity from external effects is excessively large.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; fibre optics; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; circular polarisation; circularly birefringent fibres; feasibility study; immunity from external effects; optical fibres; polarisation maintenance; twist rate; twisted circularly birefringent polarisation maintaining fibres;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19810272
  • Filename
    4245742