title: Stress-induced birefringence in microstructured optical fibers.
abstract: We present a numerical study of stress-induced birefringence in microstructured optical fibers (MOFs), using a finite-element method. MOFs under lateral forces and twists are considered separately. Compared with that in standard single-mode optical fibers, stress-induced linear birefringence in MOFs under a lateral force is reduced with increasing air-hole size, whereas twist-induced circular birefringence in MOFs is enhanced when the air-hole size is small.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Optics and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA. zzhu@optics.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Zhaoming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Brown