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Single polarization optical fibers: Exposed cladding technique
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In this article, a simple method for fabricating fibers with large strain birefringence starting with standard MCVD preforms is described, illustrated using borosilicate fibers.Abstract:
A simple method is described for fabricating fibers with large strain birefringence starting with standard MCVD preforms. The method is illustrated using borosilicate fibers. The birefringence and polarization properties are measured in a long fiber and the birefringence is also measured using a fiber slice and polarizing microscope.read more
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Polarization-maintaining fibers and their applications
Juichi Noda,K. Okamoto,Y. Sasaki +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the classification of high-birefringent and low-birrringent fibers and their fabrication methods and characteristics are discussed in Section II and Section III, respectively.
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Polarization in optical fibers
TL;DR: In this paper, the nature of random coupling between normal modes of polarization is analyzed and discussed in connection with various applications, such as fibers with very small or very large birefringence for polarization dependent applications.
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Origins and control of polarization effects in single-mode fibers
TL;DR: In this article, the basic birefringences that couple the two modes and change the polarization state along the fiber are reviewed, and three cases of uniform, phase-matched, and random coupling are considered.
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Guided-wave devices for optical communication
TL;DR: In this paper, the current status of guided-wave optical communication devices is reviewed and the operation and presently demonstrated performance characteristics of waveguides switches, modulators, filters and polarization transforming devices are discussed.
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Polarization and magnetooptic properties of single-mode optical fiber
TL;DR: In this article, the polarization and magnetooptic properties of a sample of singlemode optical fiber have been investigated and the fiber acts as a linear retarder, and the degree of retardation is dependent on the external pressure applied to the fiber.
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Evolution of polarization along a single‐mode fiber
TL;DR: In this paper, the local parameters of linear and circular birefringence are measured along a singlemode optical fiber by electrooptic and magneto-optic modulation of the polarization in the fiber.
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Birefringence in dielectric optical waveguides
F. Kapron,N. Borrelli,D. Keck +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the linear and circular birefringent properties of low-loss single-mode glass fibers are found to depend upon length, and some anomalous behavior can be explained in terms of properties varying locally along the fiber and a resultant upper information rate of over 1012bits/s is estimated.
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Polarization characteristics of noncircular core single-mode fibers
TL;DR: It is shown that changing the core geometry, from square to rectangular, does not appreciably alter the difference in the propagation constants of the two fundamental modes with orthogonal polarizations, and the enhancement of the anisotropic birefringence is necessary to achieve single-polarization fibers.
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Polarization optics of index-gradient optical waveguide fibers.
TL;DR: An investigation of the polarization optical properties of index-gradient glass fibers confirmed the applicability of the linear birefringent model to fibers of this type.