• DocumentCode
    983955
  • Title

    Enhancement of birefringence in polarisation-maintaining fibres by thermal annealing

  • Author

    Ourmazd, A. ; Birch, R.D. ; Varnham, M.P. ; Payne, David N. ; Tarbox, E.J.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    143
  • Lastpage
    144
  • Abstract
    The thermal behaviour of highly birefringent polarisation-maintaining optical fibres is studied, and the thermal hysteresis of the birefringence is related to the quenching of the fibre. Suitable `on-line¿ thermal annealing during fibre drawing is shown to be a method for the full development of the high anisotropic stresses potentially available in high birefringence structures using borosilicate stress-producing parts.
  • Keywords
    annealing; birefringence; borosilicate glasses; drawing (mechanical); light polarisation; optical fibres; anisotropic stresses; birefringent polarisation-maintaining optical fibres; borosilicate stress-producing parts; fibre drawing; quenching; thermal annealing; thermal behaviour; thermal hysteresis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19830101
  • Filename
    4247357
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=983955