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If a fibre polarizer is spliced into a single-mode fibre, the achievable extinction ratio of the polarizer is modified because of the coupling to higher-order modes at one end of the polarizer and coupling back into the fundamental mode at the other end.
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Henry, W.M., Love, J.D. Mismatch limitations on metal-fibre polarizers. Opt Quant Electron 21, 205–214 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02192001
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