@ARTICLE{ iet:/content/journals/10.1049/el_19810509, author = {A.J. Barlow}, author = {D.N. Payne}, author = {M.R. Hadley}, author = {R.J. Mansfield}, keywords = {drawing;preform spinning;intrinsic birefringence;single-mode fibres;optical fibre;polarisation mode dispersion;permanent twist;}, ISSN = {0013-5194}, language = {English}, abstract = {Spinning the preform during drawing produces a fibre with a permanent twist. It is shown that such a fibre has negligible polarisation birefringence and rotation. Polarisation mode dispersion is similarly reduced.}, title = {Production of single-mode fibres with negligible intrinsic birefringence and polarisation mode dispersion}, journal = {Electronics Letters}, issue = {20}, volume = {17}, year = {1981}, month = {October}, pages = {725-726(1)}, publisher ={Institution of Engineering and Technology}, copyright = {© The Institution of Electrical Engineers}, url = {https://digital-library.theiet.org/;jsessionid=3m14394qpbnn3.x-iet-live-01content/journals/10.1049/el_19810509} }