Definition, meaning, and measurement of the polarization extinction ratio of fiber-based devices

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 36, 2005, Pages 7773-7779

  Penninckx, Denis ^a   Beck, Nicolas ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

POLARIZATION CROSSTALK; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION; WHITE SOURCES;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 32344437323     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.007773     Document Type: Article

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