Dispersion of Verdet constant in stress-birefringent silica fibre

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The Faraday effect in stress-birefringent silica fibre is discussed theoretically and measured experimentally. In the red and infra-red spectral range, the Verdet constant is found to be VH = 2.0 × 10−35v2 rad/A, where v is the optical frequency in hertz.

Inspec keywords: Faraday effect; optical dispersion; optical fibres; silicon compounds; mechanical birefringence

Other keywords: optical fibre; SiO2 fibre; stress birefringence; IR spectral range; Faraday effect; Verdet constant dispersion; red spectral range

Subjects: Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Magneto-optical effects (condensed matter); Fibre optics

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