Fundamental limits to the transmission of linearly-polarised light by birefringent optical fibres
Experimental results are presented which show that the fundamental mode in highly birefringent fibres is not plane-polarised, as is normally assumed, but has significant orthogonal field components. These components limit the maximum measurable polarisation intensity extinction ratio to ~40 dB. Impl...
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| Language: | English |
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1984.
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