Polarization holding in birefringent single-mode fibers
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 7 (1) , 40-42
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.7.000040
Abstract
Perturbations in highly birefringent single-mode fibers couple the two polarization modes and degrade the polarization-holding ability. With a broadband source we demonstrate wavelength averaging of the power in either mode, permitting a simple measurement of the power transfer to the cross-polarized mode as a function of fiber length. Using this technique, we confirm experimentally the theory of random mode coupling between the polarization modes.Keywords
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