Dispersion of Verdet constant in stress-birefringent silica fibre

Abstract

The Faraday effect in stress-birefringent silica fibre is discussed theoretically and measured experimentally. In the red and infra-red spectral range, the Verdet constant is found to be VH = 2.0 × 10−35v2 rad/A, where v is the optical frequency in hertz.