title: Polarization mode dispersion reduction in spun large mode area silica holey fibres.
abstract: We report the fabrication of the first spun holey optical fibre. Our experiments show that the complex air/glass transverse structure can be retained when the preform is spun during the fibre drawing process. Measurements of differential group delay (DGD) confirm that significant reductions in polarization mode dispersion (PMD) can be readily achieved using this approach.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuochi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furusawa
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Belardi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baggett
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Monro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Richardson