Title :
Thermal-stress-induced birefringence in single-mode elliptical optical fibre
Author_Institution :
University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Kensington, Australia
Abstract :
The thermal stress distributions in both the core and cladding of a single-mode elliptical optical fibre are analysed. It is found that the stresses in the core do not vary with position but the stresses in the cladding are complicated functions of position. A simple formula is given for the calculation of bire-fringence caused by the thermal stresses.
Keywords :
mechanical birefringence; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; birefringence; cladding; core; single-mode elliptical optical fibre; thermal stress distributions;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820032
