Ring resonator in a Sagnac loop

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1723-1730

  Simova, Eli ^a   Golub, Ilya ^a   Picard, Marie Josée ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

JONES MATRIX; RING RESONATOR; SAGNAC LOOP;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 24144437217     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.001723     Document Type: Article

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