Low-loss tunable filter based on optical rotatory dispersion

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1162-1168

  Ye, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TUNING;

OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION; POLARIZER; QUARTER-WAVE RETARDERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 33645520911     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.001162     Document Type: Article

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