Determination of birefringence and absolute optic axis orientation using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography with PM fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3262-3270

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Guo, Shuguang ^a   Jung, Woonggyu ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a   Chen, Zhongping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FIBERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VECTORS;

BIREFRINGENT STRUCTURE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE DEVICES; WAVE PLATES;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942748189     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.003262     Document Type: Article

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