Title :
Self-locating elliptically cored fibre with an accessible guiding region
Author :
Dyott, R.B. ; Schrank, P.F.
Author_Institution :
Andrew Corporation, Orland Park, USA
Abstract :
A polarisation-holding fibre is described which has an elliptical core and D section enabling the birefringent axes to be located accurately and the guiding region to be easily accessible for coupling.
Keywords :
birefringence; light polarisation; optical couplers; optical fibres; D section; accessible guiding region; birefringent axes; couplers; elliptically cored optical fibre; polarisation-holding fibre; self locating fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820672
