Electronics Letters · 1986 · 19 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsOptical MaterialsOpticsOptoelectronicsAnisotropic MediaFiber OpticsOptical FibersPhysical OpticsPolarization OpticsRefractive IndexBirefringenceSingle-mode FibersSingle-mode Optical Fibers
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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