Practical circular-polarization-maintaining optical fiber
- 20 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 36 (27), 6968-6975
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.36.006968
Abstract
The author describes a new idea for making circular-polarization-maintaining optical fiber with an existing fabrication technique. The method simply requires one to spin at a constant rate a special preform consisting of only one off-axis stress-applying element in addition to the on-axis core. Measurements taken with such a fiber specimen verify the existence of circular eigenmodes, the ease of joining or splicing two fiber segments, the tolerance to macrobending with a small radius, etc. Good agreement exists between the experimental data and the theoretical analysis. Prospective applications are discussed.Keywords
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