Title :
The Onsager relations and birefringence in optical fibers
Author :
Menyuk, Curtis R.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
When there is no helicity, then the Onsager relations are inherited by the waveguide, and the birefringence must be linear. By contrast, fiber twisting can transform the intrinsic linear birefringence into an extrinsic birefringence that is elliptical.
Keywords :
birefringence; nonlinear optics; optical fibre polarisation; optical rotation; Onsager relations; fiber twisting; linear birefringence; nonlinear polarization rotation; optical fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mathematical model; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical refraction;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553722
