Title :
Finite cladding effects in highly birefringent fibre taper-polarisers
Author :
de Fornel, F. ; Varnham, M.P. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Experimental results show that the refractive index of the outside medium affects the performance of fibre polarisers made by tapering high-birefringent bow-tie fibres. Both narrowband and wideband polarisers have been constructed having extinction ratios of 35 and 26 dB, respectively.
Keywords :
birefringence; claddings; fibre optics; light polarisation; losses; refractive index; bow tie fibres; extinction ratio 26 dB; extinction ratio 35 dB; extinction ratios; fibre polarisers; finite cladding effects; guided mode loss; highly birefringent fibre taper-polarisers; narrowband polarisers; refractive index; wideband polarisers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19840276
