Reduction of the degree of polarization of a laser diode with a fiber Lyot depolarizer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1449-1451

  Wang, J S ^a,b   Costelloe, J R ^a   Stolen, R H ^a,c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LYOT DEPOLARIZERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0033221587     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.803075     Document Type: Article

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