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Single-polarisation operation of highly birefringent bow-tie fibres

Single-polarisation operation of highly birefringent bow-tie fibres
Single-polarisation operation of highly birefringent bow-tie fibres
Experimental results show that bow-tie fibres with high levels of stress-induced birefringence can be operated such that they support only a single linearly polarised mode. Under these conditions the loss of the fibre is 5 dB/km for the guided mode and 55 dB/km for the suppressed mode. For short-length operation as a polariser, extinction ratios as high as 50 dB/m have been obtained.
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246-247
Varnham, M.P.
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Payne, D.N.
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Varnham, M.P., Payne, D.N., Birch, R.D. and Tarbox, E.J. (1983) Single-polarisation operation of highly birefringent bow-tie fibres. Electronics Letters, 19 (7), 246-247. (doi:10.1049/el:19830169).

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Experimental results show that bow-tie fibres with high levels of stress-induced birefringence can be operated such that they support only a single linearly polarised mode. Under these conditions the loss of the fibre is 5 dB/km for the guided mode and 55 dB/km for the suppressed mode. For short-length operation as a polariser, extinction ratios as high as 50 dB/m have been obtained.

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Published date: 1983

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Local EPrints ID: 78635
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78635
ISSN: 0013-5194
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Author: M.P. Varnham
Author: D.N. Payne
Author: R.D. Birch
Author: E.J. Tarbox

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