Study of polarization independence for high birefringence fiber Sagnac interferometers

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-185

  Ma, Xiurong ^a,b   Kai, Guiyun ^a   Wu, Zhifang ^a   Guo, Honglei ^a   Liu, Yange ^a   Yuan, Shuzhong ^a   Dong, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Birefringence fiber; Polarization independence; Sagnac interferometer

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FUNCTIONS; INSERTION LOSSES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

BEAT LENGTH; BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENCE; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 23044432616     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20938     Document Type: Article

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