Abstract
The use of photoelastic tomography to obtain the two-dimensional axial stress profile of a polarization-maintaining (PM) fiber with high resolution and accuracy is described. We illustrate, for what is believed to be the first time, the two-dimensional distribution of the local principal axes of the fiber's cross section, which is directly related to the fiber's PM ability. We demonstrate that the stress-induced anisotropy as well as all the stress tensor components of the fiber can be fully determined.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1217-1219 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 Jul 15 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics