Electronics Letters · 1981 · 64 citations · 7 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceDrawingOptical MaterialsOpticsFiber Optic MaterialsFiber OpticsFiber PropertiesOptical FibersPolarization OpticsRefractive IndexBirefringenceFiber SpinningSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical Fibers
Spinning the preform during drawing produces a fibre with a permanent twist. It is shown that such a fibre has negligible polarisation birefringence and rotation. Polarisation mode dispersion is similarly reduced.
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Magneto-optic current sensing with birefringent fibers
S. C. Rashleigh, R. Ulrich · Applied Physics Letters · 1979 · 157 citations