Measurement of the birefringence of UV-written channel silica waveguides by magnetooptic polarization-mode coupling

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-192

  Johlen, Dietmar ^a   Stolze, Gunnar ^a   Renner, Hagen ^a   Brinkmeyer, Ernst ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; SILICA; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRAGG GRATINGS; MAGNETOOPTIC POLARIZATION-MODE COUPLING; ULTRAVIOLET-WRITTEN CHANNEL SILICA WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0033906788     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.822791     Document Type: Article

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