PCF-based polarization splitters with simplified structures

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3558-3565

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Yang, Changxi ^b   Yu, Changyuan ^a   Luo, Ting ^a   Willner, Alan E ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Couplers; Holey fiber; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); Polarization splitter; Polarization dependent coupling

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICS; SILICA;

HOLEY FIBER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER (PCF); POLARIZATION DEPENDENT COUPLING; POLARIZATION SPLITTERS;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 30344434021     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.857779     Document Type: Article

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