Finite cladding effects in highly birefringent fibre taper-polarisers

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Published 20/07/2012

Abstract

Experimental results show that the refractive index of the outside medium affects the performance of fibre polarisers made by tapering high-birefringent bow-tie fibres. Both narrowband and wideband polarisers have been constructed having extinction ratios of 35 and 26 dB, respectively.

Inspec keywords: light polarisation; losses; fibre optics; birefringence; refractive index; claddings

Other keywords: refractive index; guided mode loss; wideband polarisers; fibre polarisers; extinction ratio 26 dB; narrowband polarisers; extinction ratio 35 dB; extinction ratios; highly birefringent fibre taper-polarisers; finite cladding effects; bow tie fibres

Subjects: Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Fibre optics

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