Eliptically polarizing optical fiber

Ian M. Bassett; Margareta Bjarme; Daryl Chan; Ian Grainge Clarke; Justin Digweed; Tom Ryan; Andrew Michie; Danny W. Wong

doi:10.1117/12.372999

9 December 1999 Eliptically polarizing optical fiber

Ian M. Bassett, Margareta Bjarme, Daryl Chan, Ian Grainge Clarke, Justin Digweed, Tom Ryan, Andrew Michie, Danny W. Wong

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Proceedings Volume 3860, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology and Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372999
Event: Photonics East '99, 1999, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Elliptically polarizing optical fiber has been fabricated. Measurements show an extinction of the lossy mode relative to the transmitted mode of around 10 dB/m. The preform is spun during drawing and the ellipticity of the transmitted polarization state is as expected from the measured beat length of the unspun fiber and the pitch length of the spun fiber. This fiber is expected to be useful for interferometric or laser-based electric-current sensing, and perhaps in other applications for an in-line polarizer.

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Ian M. Bassett, Margareta Bjarme, Daryl Chan, Ian Grainge Clarke, Justin Digweed, Tom Ryan, Andrew Michie, and Danny W. Wong "Eliptically polarizing optical fiber", Proc. SPIE 3860, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology and Applications, (9 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372999

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