• DocumentCode
    316340
  • Title

    Bend birefringence in finite-cladding W-fibres

  • Author

    Steblina, V.V. ; Love, J.D. ; Stolen, R.H. ; Wang, J-S

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Sch. of Phys. Sci. & Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    22-25 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    207
  • Abstract
    Birefringence of the fundamental mode in a slightly bent single-mode fibre is not normally discernable. However, experimental transmission spectra of finite-cladding W-type fibres exhibit a splitting which can be interpreted as bend birefringence in its cladding modes. Using a slab waveguide model and an appropriate transform, we determine the birefringence and show that it is quantitatively similar to that observed in the fibre
  • Keywords
    optical fibre testing; IR spectra; bend birefringence; cladding mode splitting; experimental transmission spectra; finite-cladding W-fibres; finite-cladding W-type fibres; fundamental mode; mechanical birefringence; optical fibre testing; optical fibre theory; slab waveguide model; slightly bent single-mode fibre; transform;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-697-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:19971526
  • Filename
    626741