A new method for alignment of polarization-maintaining (PM) fibers has been developed that solves alignment problems with low-contrast PM fibers. It provides a fast and accurate universal method for PM fiber alignment. OCIS codes: (060.2420) Fibers, polarization-maintaining; (110.2350) Fiber optics imaging
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