Analysis of the birefringence properties of optical fibers made by a preform deformation technique

Author

Liu, Yueai ; Rahman, B.M.A. ; Grattan, K.T.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Electron. & Inf. Eng., City Univ., London, UK

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

147

Abstract

The birefringence properties of polarization maintaining fibers manufactured through preform deformation are analyzed by use of the finite element method. From the calculated stress distribution in the fiber, the refractive index tensor change Δn is obtained from the elastooptic effect. A vector H-field solution using the finite element method with adaptive remeshing and pre- and post-processing has been used to enable a very accurate solution for the birefringence of the fiber to be obtained

Keywords

birefringence; finite element analysis; mesh generation; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; photoelasticity; refractive index; tensors; adaptive remeshing; birefringence properties; calculated stress distribution; elastooptic effect; finite element method; optical fibers; polarization maintaining fibers; post-processing; pre-processing; preform deformation technique; refractive index tensor change; vector H-field solution; Birefringence; Finite element methods; Manufacturing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Preforms; Refractive index; Tensile stress;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.365199

Filename

365199