Electronics Letters · 1985 · 79 citations · 2 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersPolarization OpticsWaveguidesFiber CouplersFiber Polarization EffectsOptical CouplersPolarized Beams
The first fibre equivalent of a polarising beamsplitter is reported. The device is based on a fused-taper fibre coupler. Separation of the orthogonally polarised components of the input light can be accomplished to better than 17 dB.
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Single-polarisation operation of highly birefringent bow-tie optical fibres
M.P. Varnham, D.N. Payne, R.D. Birch et al. · Electronics Letters · 1983 · 134 citations
Fabrication of single-polarisation single-mode-fibre couplers
M. Kawachi, B. S. Kawasaki, K. O. Hill et al. · Electronics Letters · 1982 · 32 citations