Polarization-maintaining fiber-based optical low-coherence reflectometer for characterization and ranging of birefringence

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1775-1777

  Davé, Digant P ^a   Akkin, Taner ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; REFLECTOMETERS;

WAVE PLATES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0141894256     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.001775     Document Type: Article

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