Title :
Photoinduced birefringence rotation in germanosilicate glass optical fiber
Author :
Wang, Anbo ; Zhou, Shunhua ; Murphy, Kent A.
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
ln conclusion, the photoinduced rotation of the principal axis of the birefringence has been observed on a exposure of the circular-core singlemode fiber to a linearly polarized argon-ion laser at 488 nm whose polarization was aligned along one of the principal axes of the initial birefringence of the fiber. A rotation angle for up to 57° has been observed after the several exposures for totally four hours for a length of 90 cm fiber
Keywords :
birefringence; laser beam effects; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibres; optical rotation; 488 nm; 90 cm; GeO2-SiO2; birefringence; circular-core singlemode fiber; exposures; germanosilicate glass optical fiber; initial birefringence; linearly polarized argon-ion laser; photoinduced birefringence rotation; photoinduced rotation; principal axis; rotation angle; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser beam cutting; Length measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical retarders; Power lasers; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379085
