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The parameters that determine the polarization-maintaining ability and the polarization-dispersion of a birefringent fiber are discussed in a tutorial fashion. Based on promising theoretical and experimental results, I conclude that fibers with adequate polarization-maintaining properties for sophisticated heterodyne and homodyne applications are physically realizable. It is also concluded that polarization-dispersion in nominally circular single-mode fibers is not likely to be a limitation for next-generation systems.
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Based on the talks given at Int. Conf. on Fiberoptic Rotation Sensors, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1981 and NATO Advanced Study Institute, Cargese, Corsica, July 1982 and up-dated for Symposium on Optical Waveguide Sciences, Kweilin, China, June 1983.
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Kaminow, I.P. Polarization-maintaining fibers. Appl. Sci. Res. 41, 257–270 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382456
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