Optical fiber modal birefringence measurement based on Lyot-Sagnac interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 269-271

  Kim, Chang Seok ^a   Han, Young Geun ^b,c   Sova, Raymond M ^a   Paek, Un Chul ^c   Chung, Youngjoo ^c   Kang, Jin U ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Measurement; Optical fibers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENT; LYOT-SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0037320449     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806892     Document Type: Article

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