Title :
Novel polarisation phenomena on anisotropic multimoded fibres
Author :
Snyder, A.W. ; R¿¿hl, F.
Author_Institution :
Australian National University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Canberra, Australia
Abstract :
The lowest-order modes of multimoded fibres composed of birefringent material can differ radically from the familiar modes of multimoded isotropic fibres. In general, the modal fields are neither uniformly polarised nor circularly symmetric as they would be on circularly symmetric isotropic fibres that are weakly guiding. Thus multimoded anisotropic fibres can exhibit dramatic polarisation effects which may have important practical applications.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; optical fibres; anisotropic multimoded fibres; birefringent material; lowest-order modes; modal fields; optical fibres; polarisation phenomena; weakly guiding;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830275
