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Using the Alford and gold effect to measure the birefringence of single-mode fibers

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We propose using the Alford and Gold effect to measure the birefringence of single-mode fibers. Two methods of measuring the birefringence of single-mode fibers, namely, with pulsed and continuous optical radiation sources, which are based on this effect, are considered. It is shown that measurement with a continuous radiation source has a number of significant advantages compared to measurement with a pulsed radiation source. The influence of random inhomogeneities in single-mode fibers on the accuracy of measurement of linear birefringence is quantitatively considered for the case of a continuous radiation source using numerical simulation.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    G. B. Malykin

  2. Institute of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    V. I. Pozdnyakova

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 55, No. 8, pp. 576–585, August 2012.

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Malykin, G.B., Pozdnyakova, V.I. Using the Alford and gold effect to measure the birefringence of single-mode fibers. Radiophys Quantum El 55, 520–527 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-013-9388-2

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