Theory of nonlinear loop mirrors with twisted low-birefringence fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 919-925

  Kuzin, Eugene A ^a   Korneev, Nikolai ^a   Haus, Joseph W ^b   Ibarra Escamilla, Baldemar ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

NONLINEAR LOOP MIRRORS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0035635605     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000919     Document Type: Article

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