We describe a new method for measuring ultralow- birefringence in fibers. It is based on the fiber twist in a fiber optical loop mirror. The method allows birefringence measurement within the range from 10-6 to 10-8.
Ultralow-birefringence measurement in optical fibers by use of a fiber optical loop mirror
18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics ; 1999 ; San Francisco,CA,USA
Proc. SPIE ; 3749
1999-07-19
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Optical Switching with Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror Using Nonlinear Birefringence Effect
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