Measurements of birefringence dispersion and intermodal dispersion in a two-mode elliptical-core optical fibre using an interferometric method

Optik

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 109-114

  Hlubina, Petr ^a   Martynkien, Tadeusz ^b   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^b  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY IN OPAVA   (Czech Republic)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cut off wavelength; Equalization wave length; Intermodal dispersion; Michelson interferometer; Optical fibre; Spectral interference; Weakly guiding approximation; White light source

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYNOMIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CUT-OFF WAVELENGTH; EQUALIZATION WAVELENGTH; INTERMODAL DISPERSION; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE; WEAKLY GUIDING APPROXIMATION; WHITE LIGHT SOURCE;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 3042548085     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00338     Document Type: Article

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