DocumentCode
991833
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
Volume
20
Issue
10
fYear
1984
Firstpage
398
Lastpage
399
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19840276
Filename
4248724
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