• DocumentCode
    975499
  • Title

    Degree of polarisation in a birefringent single-mode optical fibre

  • Author

    Crosignani, B. ; Di Porto, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Istituto Superiore P.T., Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Roma, Italy
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    16
  • Abstract
    We examine the evolution of the polarisation of a field propagating in a birefringent single-mode optical fibre. The explicit dependence of the degree of polarisation on pulse duration, coherence time of the source and chromatic delay of the fibre is derived.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; birefringent single-mode optical fibre; chromatic delay; coherence time; degree of polarisation; polarisation; pulse duration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19820011
  • Filename
    4246185