Abstract
Birefringence arises in optical interconnects due to residual stress. This affects reliability and performance. A new full-field retardation measurement method is presented and compared to the existing Brace-Köhler technique. Both methods are applied to retrieve the twodimensional birefringence distribution of optical fibers and polymer waveguides.
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