Calculation of stress birefringence in fibers by an infinitesimal element method
- 1 June 1983
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 1 (2) , 297-301
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.1983.1072120
Abstract
It is shown that stress birefringence in polarization-preserving fibers can be calculated by the simple addition of contributions from infinitesimal elements of the highly doped stress regions. This method provides insight into the properties of stress-birefringent fibers and shows the equivalence between the various types of such fibers. In particular, it is seen that a circular barrier layer around the core does not reduce the birefringence and that high birefringence does not require a large stress cladding.Keywords
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