Dispersion of Verdet constant in stress-birefringent silica fibre

25 October 1984

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 20 (22) , 906-908
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19840616

Abstract

The Faraday effect in stress-birefringent silica fibre is discussed theoretically and measured experimentally. In the red and infra-red spectral range, the Verdet constant is found to be V_H = 2.0 × 10⁻³⁵v² rad/A, where v is the optical frequency in hertz.

Keywords

OPTICAL FIBRE
SIO2 FIBRE
STRESS BIREFRINGENCE
IR SPECTRAL RANGE
FARADAY EFFECT
VERDET CONSTANT DISPERSION
RED SPECTRAL RANGE

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