title: Spun elliptically birefringent photonic crystal fibre.
abstract: Elliptically birefringent fibre has been fabricated by spinning the preform of a highly linearly birefringent photonic crystal fibre (PCF) during the drawing process. The resulting Spun Highly Birefringent (SHi-Bi) PCF offers intrinsic sensitivity to magnetic fields through the Faraday effect without the high inherent temperature sensitivities suffered by conventional spun stress birefringence fibres. The ellipticity of the birefringence has been measured and temperature independence has been demonstrated.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michie
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canning
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bassett
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haywood
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Digweed
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aslund
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ashton
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Digweed
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scandurra