Single-polarisation mode in air-core holey fibre
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چکیده
An air-core holey fibre design that supports a single-polarisation circularly symmetric mode is presented. The mechanism that isolates the single polarisation, the advantages of the design and fabrication efforts to date will be discussed.
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