Publication detail

Optical fiber birefringence effects – sources, and methods of suppression

DREXLER, P. FIALA, P.

Original Title

Optical fiber birefringence effects – sources, and methods of suppression

English Title

Optical fiber birefringence effects – sources, and methods of suppression

Type

book chapter

Language

Czech

Original Abstract

The goal of this chapter is to present basic effects, which lead to occurrence of linear and circular birefringence in single-mode fibers. The methods, which may be used in order to suppress unwanted birefringence, will be presented also. Since the main manifestation of birefringence effects is the transformation of the polarization state of transmitted light, a brief recapitulation of basic polarization states and their illustrative visualizations are given. In following subchapters various mechanisms, which induce birefringence will be introduced together with corresponding relations and comprehensible illustrations. In the last descriptive subchapter the most significant methods for unwanted linear birefringence are presented with their properties and references to related literature.

English abstract

The goal of this chapter is to present basic effects, which lead to occurrence of linear and circular birefringence in single-mode fibers. The methods, which may be used in order to suppress unwanted birefringence, will be presented also. Since the main manifestation of birefringence effects is the transformation of the polarization state of transmitted light, a brief recapitulation of basic polarization states and their illustrative visualizations are given. In following subchapters various mechanisms, which induce birefringence will be introduced together with corresponding relations and comprehensible illustrations. In the last descriptive subchapter the most significant methods for unwanted linear birefringence are presented with their properties and references to related literature.

Keywords

optical fiber, birefringence, fiber current sensor

Key words in English

optical fiber, birefringence, fiber current sensor

Authors

DREXLER, P.; FIALA, P.

RIV year

2012

Released

1. 1. 2012

Publisher

InTech

Location

Rijeka, Croatia

ISBN

978-953-307-823-6

Book

Recent Progress In Optical Fiber Research

Edition

InTech Open

Edition number

1

Pages from

127

Pages to

150

Pages count

24

BibTex

@inbook{BUT89610,
  author="Petr {Drexler} and Pavel {Fiala}",
  title="Optical fiber birefringence effects – sources, and methods of suppression",
  booktitle="Recent Progress In Optical Fiber Research",
  year="2012",
  publisher="InTech",
  address="Rijeka, Croatia",
  series="InTech Open",
  edition="1",
  pages="127--150",
  isbn="978-953-307-823-6"
}