Polarization analysis of brillouin scattering in a circularly birefringent fiber ring resonator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 977-981

  Küng, Alain ^a   Thévenaz, Luc ^a   Robert, Philippe A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Optical fiber birefringence; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical resonators; Optical scattering

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

BRILLOUIN RING LASERS; FIBER RING RESONATOR;

RING LASERS;

EID: 0031169151     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.588670     Document Type: Article

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