Electronics Letters · 1983 · 43 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOpticsPhotonicsFiber OpticsOptical FibersOptical Properties Of MaterialsOptical WaveguidesPhotonic MaterialsPolarization OpticsBirefringenceFiber Optic WaveguidesOptical Fiber WaveguidesPlanar Optical WaveguidesPlanar WaveguidesSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical FibersSingle-mode Waveguides
The theory for understanding fibres composed of ‘highly’ birefringent material is presented. One of the two possible polarisation states of the fundamental mode can be made leaky, suggesting a novel single-mode single-polarisation fibre design. No leakage occurs in planar waveguides constructed similarly from the identical material.