Circularly birefringent single-mode optical fibres

The rotation of polarised light which occurs in a twisted anisotropic medium is exploited to produce very high circular birefringence in single-mode optical fibres. Beat lengths of less than 5 mm have already been achieved in some preliminary experiments.

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Main Authors: Hussey, C.D (Author), Birch, R.D (Author), Fujii, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1986.
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