• DocumentCode
    1005498
  • Title

    Polarisation splitters and birefringent couplers

  • Author

    Snyder, A.W. ; Stevenson, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Australian National University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Canberra, Australia
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1985
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    77
  • Abstract
    The theoretical principles for understanding polarisation splitters are presented along with design parameters for their practical realisation. Birefringent couplers, with nonparallel optical axes are also described by deriving the modes of the composite anisotropic fibre system.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; fibre optics; light polarisation; optical couplers; birefringent couplers; composite anisotropic fibre system; fibre optics; nonparallel optical axes; polarisation splitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19850052
  • Filename
    4250860