Polarizer- and analyzer-induced noise in fiber-optic polarization-sensitive intermodal interferometers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1110-1119

  Eftimov, Tinko A ^b,c,d   Bock, Wojtek J ^a,b,e,f  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^e University of Technology   (Poland)

^f Optoelectronics Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VECTORS;

ANALYZER; BIMODAL POLARIZATION SENSITIVE INTERFERENCE; FIBER OPTIC POLARIZATION SENSITIVE INTERMODAL INTERFEROMETER; POLARIZER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0031175984     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.596956     Document Type: Article

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