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Single-mode single-polarisation fibre using resonant absorbing effect

Single-mode single-polarisation fibre using resonant absorbing effect

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Modes of two parallel fibres exhange energy completely only when their propagation constants are identical. When one fibre is birefringent, and the other isotropic and lossy, the energy of one polarisation mode swaps back and forth between two fibres and is eventually absorbed.

Inspec keywords: optical fibres; birefringence; guided light propagation; light polarisation; optical waveguide theory

Other keywords: birefringent fibre; energy exchange; single mode type; propagation constants; single-polarisation fibre; isotropic lossy fibre; parallel fibres; optical fibres; resonant absorbing effect

Subjects: Fibre optics; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Optical propagation and transmission in homogeneous and anisotropic media; birefringence; Optical polarization in homogeneous media

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