Abstract
Performance of acoustooptic sensors, optical gyroscopes, and high quality optical transmission links utilizing single-mode fibers may be considerably enhanced by using fibers which maintain linear polarization of the transmitted light. Linear polarization maintenance is achieved by constructing the optical fiber so that the two orthogonal components of the fundamental mode experience different propagation constants. This approach reduces coupling of power between the two polarizations and is accomplished by either inducing birefringence of the fiber material or by introducing geometrical ellipticity in the fiber core.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Robert E. Thompson and Francis I. Akers
WG4 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1981
S. C. Rashleigh and R. Ulrich
TUF1 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 1981
R. E. Epworth and M. J. Pettitt
TUF2 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 1981