High-birefringence fiber loop mirrors and their applications as sensors

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2382-2390

  Liu, Yange ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Feng, Xinhuan ^a   Zhang, Weigang ^a   Zhou, Guang ^a   Yuan, Shuzhong ^a   Kai, Guiyun ^a   Dong, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

HIGH-BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; MULTIWAVELENGTHS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 17644394596     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.002382     Document Type: Article

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