Refractive Index
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Refractive Index is the distance from the center of the optical fiber in nanometers.
Polarized light remains in the same polarization directions. That is, if an optical pulse is optically polarized vertically then the optical pulse emerges as vertical. Birefringence is the result of different results from different polarizations. That is, the impact of dispersion (refractive index) is different for different types of polarization. This difference is called birefringence.
Tags: refractive index, polarized light, optical pulse, dispersion, birefringence
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Walter Gryder
November 1st, 2006
at 8:59pm
Apologies for a negative note; but, “refractive index” is NOT the “distance from the center of the optical fiber in nanometers”! Index of refraction is the ratio of the speed at which light travels in a given medium relative to the speed at which light travels in a vacuum.