• DocumentCode
    1019991
  • Title

    Circularly birefringent single-mode optical fibres

  • Author

    Hussey, C.D. ; Birch, R.D. ; Fujii, Yuka

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    129
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    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.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical rotation; beat lengths; circular birefringence; polarised light rotation; single-mode optical fibres; twisted anisotropic medium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19860090
  • Filename
    4256274
    • Link To Document
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