Bending-induced birefringence of optical fiber cladding modes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2336-2339

  Block, Ueyn L ^b   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a,c   Fejer, Martin M ^a,b   Dangui, Vinayak ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bend induced birefringence; Cladding mode; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

BEND INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; CLADDING MODE; FIBER CROSS SECTION; SINGLE MODE FIBER;

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIREFRINGENCE; CLADDING (COATING); SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33947651616     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.874566     Document Type: Article

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