Polarization stabilizer using a polarization splitter and a thermooptic polymer waveguide device

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1736-1738

  Hwang, Wol Yon ^b   Oh, Min Cheol ^a,b   Park, Heuk ^b   Ahn, Joo Heon ^a,b   Han, Seon Gyu ^b   Kim, Hae Gun ^b  

^a IEEE

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric X junction waveguide; Polarization stabilizer; Thermooptic polymer waveguide

Indexed keywords

EQUALIZERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS;

POLARIZATION SPLITTER; POLARIZATION STABILIZER; THERMOOPTIC PHASE MODULATOR; THERMOOPTIC POLYMER WAVEGUIDE;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0032300969     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.730486     Document Type: Article

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