Characterization of spun fibers with millimeter spin periods

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3841-3851

  Wang, Yong ^a   Xu, Chang Qing ^a   Izraelian, Viatcheslav ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IVG Fiber Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTOMETERS;

MILLIMETER SPIN PERIODS; POLARIZATION-MODE DISPERSION (PMD); POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER (POTDR); SPUN FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 21244468285     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003841     Document Type: Article

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