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lichen
Jun11-08, 11:31 AM
Would Faraday rotation of light by magnetic field still occur if the light was being guided in a polarization maintaining fiber such as one with a highly birefringent core?

What exactly would happen?

I can think of three scenarios: 1. The azimuth of the light is rotated. 2. It is not rotated - nothing happens. 3. It tries to rotate but can't couple into the orthogonal mode and attenuation occurs through loss.

Lichen