Abstract
We report on the fabrication and characterization of a polarization- maintaining multicore fiber. The fiber has 98 aligned cores, each with a birefringence of ≈2.3 × 10. The beat length, polarization extinction ratio, and polarization orientation are characterized.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4568-4570 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2014 |