Title :
Birefringent-fibre polarisation splitters
Author :
Chiang, Kin Seng
Author_Institution :
CSIRO, Division of Applied Physics, Lindfield, Australia
Abstract :
A simple analytical study on fused tapered couplers composed of birefringent fibres is presented. It is shown that the polarisation splitting property of the coupler can remain almost constant over a wide range of wavelengths when the geometrical birefringence and the stress-induced birefringence in the coupler are properly balanced.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; optical couplers; optical fibres; birefringent fibres; fused tapered couplers; geometrical birefringence; optical fibres; polarisation splitters; stress-induced birefringence;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870641
