Title :
Fabrication of a stress-guiding optical fibre
Author :
Birch, R.D. ; Varnham, M.P. ; Payne, David N. ; Okamoto, K.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
The principle of stress guidance in optical fibres is described. An optimum-stress-guidance structure has been designed and fabricated using gas-phase etching. The fibre is the first to have truly single-polarisation operation for all V-values.
Keywords :
etching; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; V-values; gas-phase etching; optical fabrication; single-polarisation operation; stress guidance; stress-guiding optical fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830588
