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.

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Determination of stress-induced intrinsic birefringence in a single-mode fiber by measurement of the two-dimensional stress profile

Yongwoo Park, Un-Chul Paek, and Dug Young Kim
Opt. Lett. 27(15) 1291-1293 (2002)

Effect of asymmetric stress relaxation on the polarization-dependent transmission characteristics of a CO₂ laser-written long-period fiber grating

Hyung Suk Ryu, Yongwoo Park, Seong Tae Oh, Youngjoo Chung, and Dug Young Kim
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Determination of bending-induced strain in optical fibers by use of quantitative phase imaging

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Observation and analysis of residual stress development resulting from OH impurity in optical fibers

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Stress-induced birefringence in microstructured optical fibers

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Opt. Lett. 28(23) 2306-2308 (2003)