Inspec keywords: annealing; optical fibres; light polarisation; birefringence; borosilicate glasses; drawing (mechanical)

Other keywords: fibre drawing; thermal behaviour; anisotropic stresses; thermal hysteresis; borosilicate stress-producing parts; thermal annealing; birefringent polarisation-maintaining optical fibres; quenching

Subjects: Optical waveguides and couplers; Fibre optics; Other heat and thermomechanical treatments; Optical propagation and transmission in homogeneous and anisotropic media; birefringence