A new approach to the design of fiber optic devices based on Berry's topological phase

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4417, Issue , 2001, Pages 434-441

  Senthilkumaran, P ^a   Thursby, Graham ^b   Culshaw, Brian ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berry's topological phase; Fiber optic devices; Fiber optic loop mirrors; Fiber optic sagnac interferometer; Polarization optics; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BERRY'S TOPOLOGICAL PHASE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0035759807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.441331     Document Type: Article

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