We present an analytical model of the Polarisation Mode Dispersion (PMD) of uniform linearly birefringent fibres subject to elastic twist which shows there exists a particular twist rate which nulls the PMD. At high twist rates the PMD is dominated by the dispersion of the twist-induced circular birefringence. Experimental results confirm the predictions.
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