Title :
Polarisation stability in long lengths of monomode fibre
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
Polarisation stability tests have been carried out on various monomode fibres of up to 31.6 km in length, none of which has been designed to have polarisation-retaining properties. The state of polarisation at the fibre output was found to change very little over a test period of 96 h.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical fibres; monomode-fibre; polarisation stability; polarisation-retaining properties;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820723
