DocumentCode
2244137
Title
A new kind of PM fiber, using cylindrical vector beams
Author
Ramachandran, Siddharth ; Yan, Man F.
Author_Institution
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We generate radially polarised beams, attractive for many scientific and technological applications, as stable eigenmodes in an optical fiber. This yields a new class of fibers that are polarization-maintaining even though they are strictly cylindrically symmetric.
Keywords
light polarisation; optical fibres; PM fiber; cylindrical vector beams; optical fiber; polarization-maintaining fiber; radially polarised beams; Atom optics; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical devices; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical resonators; Stimulated emission; (140.3300) Laser beam shaping; (230.2285) Fiber devices and optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571788
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