Degree of polarisation in a birefringent single-mode optical fibre

7 January 1982

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

Vol. 18 (1) , 15-16
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19820011

Abstract

We examine the evolution of the polarisation of a field propagating in a birefringent single-mode optical fibre. The explicit dependence of the degree of polarisation on pulse duration, coherence time of the source and chromatic delay of the fibre is derived.

Keywords

COHERENCE TIME
POLARISATION
BIREFRINGENT SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBRE
CHROMATIC DELAY
PULSE DURATION
DEGREE OF POLARISATION

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