A technique for detecting and locating polarisation nonuniformities in an anisotropic optical fibre

Journal Article · Sun Jun 30 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2013V043N06ABEH014995· OSTI ID:22122903

Burdin, V V; Konstantinov, Yurii A; Pervadchuk, Vladimir P; Smirnov, A S ^[1]

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1. Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU) (Russian Federation)

One of the most important requirements for optical fibres as waveguiding media is uniformity. Polarisation-maintaining anisotropic fibres contain a special type of nonuniformity, which leads to polarisation cross-talk: optical power is transferred from one polarisation mode to the orthogonal mode. In this paper, we report a technique for detecting and locating such nonuniformities in a PANDA anisotropic single-mode fibre using polarised reflectometry. (fiber optics)

• OSTI ID: 22122903
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 43; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ANISOTROPY
MEASURING METHODS
OPTICAL FIBERS
POLARIZATION