Transmission characteristics of Sagnac interferometers based on fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2770-2780

  Shu, Xuewen ^a   Yu, Luzhi ^b   Zhao, Donghui ^c   Zhang, Lin ^c   Sugden, Kate ^a   Bennion, Ian ^c  

^a Indigo Photonics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLEXING;

TRANSMISSION BANDS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0141788021     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002770     Document Type: Article

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