True, but here's an interesting tidbit (see <a href="http://www.princetel.com/tutorial_pigtailing.asp">http://www.princetel.com/tutorial_pigtailing.asp</a>).<br /><blockquote> <div> <font color="#666666" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[O]nce the beam is coupled into an optical fiber, the SOP [State of Polarization] becomes random unless the fiber is a PM (Polarization Maintaining) fiber.<br /></font></div></blockquote>I didn't know that about optical fibers!<br />
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10 years ago
LASERs are polarised, what do you want to do?
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Answer 10 years ago
True, but here's an interesting tidbit (see <a href="http://www.princetel.com/tutorial_pigtailing.asp">http://www.princetel.com/tutorial_pigtailing.asp</a>).<br /><blockquote> <div> <font color="#666666" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[O]nce the beam is coupled into an optical fiber, the SOP [State of Polarization] becomes random unless the fiber is a PM (Polarization Maintaining) fiber.<br /></font></div></blockquote>I didn't know that about optical fibers!<br />
Answer 10 years ago
Well I'll be.
Answer 10 years ago
I know it's not dead simple, but I didn't know that.
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Answer 10 years ago
I vaguely remember that from college...