Bending-induced thermal stress birefringence in single-mode fibers

Bending-induced thermal stress birefringence in single-

H. Renner,
Bending-induced thermal stress birefringence in single-mode fibers
Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), Los Angeles, California, February 22-27 (Paper TuB3), (2004)

Abstract: The field deformation in bent fibers causes a non-symmetric field overlap with the thermal fiber stress profile and yields large modal stress birefringence.The latter can fully compensate the well-known bending-induced mechanical stress birefringence.

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