Open AccessElimination of polarization degeneracy in round waveguides
Author(s) -
I.M. Bassett,
Alexander Argyros
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.10.001342
Subject(s) - polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , polarization mode dispersion , degeneracy (biology) , interferometry , polarization rotator , physics , optical fiber , polarization maintaining optical fiber , materials science , birefringence , fiber optic sensor , chemistry , bioinformatics , biology
We show how to design a round optical fiber so that it is effectively single moded, with no polarization degeneracy. Such fibers would be free from the consequences of polarization degeneracy or near degeneracy - phenomena such as polarization fading in interferometry, and polarization mode dispersion - and so may offer an alternative to polarization maintaining fibers for the avoidance of these phenomena. The design presented builds on an earlier observation of polarization selective refection in Bragg fibers.