Berry's phase fiber loop mirror characteristics

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 505-511

  Senthilkumaran, Paramasivam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; TOPOLOGY;

FIBER LOOP MIRROR; FIXED RATIO DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; OPTICAL PATH LENGTH; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; TUNEABLE REFLECTIVITY;

MIRRORS;

EID: 15044351129     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000505     Document Type: Article

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