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Published on: February 28, 2016
Polarization-maintaining single-mode fibers
1ITT Electro-Optical Products Division, P.O. Box 7065, Roanoke, Virginia 24019, USA.
Abstract:
Polarization-maintaining single-mode fibers will find application in acoustooptic sensors and fiber gyroscopes. In this study both stress-induced birefringence and elliptical core polarization-maintaining single-mode fibers were developed and evaluated. The two fiber types were compared in terms of core dimension, numerical aperture, attenuation, and beat length, a measure of the polarization maintenance. For comparative beat length values the stress-induced birefringence fibers had lower attenuation and larger core diameter than the elliptical core fibers.
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