Characterization of highly birefringent optical fibers using interferometric techniques

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 903-907

  Bock, Wojtek J ^a,b   Urbańczyk, Waclaw ^c   Fontaine, Marie ^b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PRISMS; QUARTZ;

HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBERS; WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY; WOLLASTON PRISM;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031200614     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.650797     Document Type: Article

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