• DocumentCode
    975603
  • Title

    Measurement of stresses in optical fibre or preform

  • Author

    Chu, P.L. ; Whitbread, T.

  • Author_Institution
    University of New South Wales, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Kensington, Australia
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    29
  • Abstract
    The stress distribution in the cross-section of an optical fibre or preform is measured based on the principle of the Abel transform. It is also shown that the axial stress component has the same shape as that of the refractive index profile of the preform.
  • Keywords
    mechanical birefringence; optical fibres; stress measurement; Abel transform; axial stress component; birefringence; optical fibre; preform; refractive index profile; stress distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19820021
  • Filename
    4246195