Liquid-Crystal Polarization Stabilizers on Fiber Arrays

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2162-2171

  Hirabayashi, Katsuhiko ^a   Amano, Chikara ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber array; Liquid crystal (LC); Polarization control; Polarization stabilizer; Polarization division multiplex; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; PHOTODETECTORS; POLARIZATION;

FIBER ARRAYS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0142227113     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.816828     Document Type: Article

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