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
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