Modification of local stress-induced birefringence in low-PMD spun fibers evaluated by high-resolution optical tomography

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2634-2636

  Ferrario, Maddalena ^a   Pietralunga, Silvia M ^a   Torregiani, Matteo ^a   Martinelli, Mario ^a,b  

^a CoreCom ^*  (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical fibers; Stress measurement; Tomography

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOELASTICITY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SPINNING (FIBERS); TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; SPUN FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 10244249163     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.837515     Document Type: Article

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