A Compact In-Line Polarimeter Using a Faraday Rotator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1740-1742

  Hirabayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Amano, Chikara ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polarimeter; Polarization control; Polarization division multiplexing; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Stokes analyzer

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FARADAY EFFECT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTODETECTORS; VECTORS;

PLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD); POLARIZATION CONTROL; POLARIZATION-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 0141578557     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.819754     Document Type: Article

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