Abstract

An analytical solution for the differential group delay of a fiber spun according to a triangular function is derived from concatenation of Jones matrices for a fiber length equal to $N\times T$, where $T$ is the spinning period and $N$ is an integer. This solution holds for any value of linear deterministic birefringence $\mathrm{\Delta }\beta$ of amplitude $A$ and period $T$ of the triangular spinning function. We use the solution to emphasize the effect of birefringence on the efficiency of the spinning function.

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