System design and optimization of optically amplified WDM-TDM hybrid polarization-insensitive fiber-optic Michelson interferometric sensor

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 348-359

  Lin, Wuu Wen ^a   Huang, Shih Chu ^a   Tsay, Jiunn Song ^a   Hung, Shorn Chien ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS (EDFA); FARADAY ROTATOR MIRRORS (FRM); MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE-INDUCED INTENSITY NOISE (PIIN);

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033876576     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.827507     Document Type: Article

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