A comparison of wavelength dependent polarization dependent loss measurements in fiber gratings

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1231-1239

  Zhu, Yihong ^b   Simova, Eli ^c   Berini, Pierre ^a,b   Grover, Chander P ^c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Jones matrix method; Long period grating; Mueller matrix method; Polarization dependent loss (PDL); Polarization scanning method

Indexed keywords

CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; JONES MATRIX METHOD; MUELLER MATRIX METHOD; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION SCANNING METHOD; WAVELENGTH ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0034467394     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.893261     Document Type: Article

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