Experimental investigation of the polarization properties of a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber for 1550 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1457-1467

  Wegmuller, Mark ^a   Legré, Matthieu ^a   Gisin, Nicolas ^a   Hansen, Theis P ^b   Jakobsen, Christian ^b   Broeng, Jes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS;

DEPOLARIZATION; FIBER PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; SURFACE MODES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 17444398658     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.001457     Document Type: Article

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