Title :
Polarisation maintenance in circularly birefringent fibres
Author :
Barlow, A.J. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810272
