Complete polarization controller based on magneto-optic crystals and fixed quarter wave plates

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3484-3490

  Zhang, Yang ^a   Yang, Changxi ^a   Li, Shiguang ^a   Yan, He ^a   Yin, Jingchan ^a   Gu, Claire ^a,b   Jin, Guofan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; COSTS; CRYSTALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FARADAY EFFECT;

ELECTRIC SIGNALS; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD); QUARTER WAVE PLATES; STATE OF POLARIZATION (SOP);

POLARIZATION;

EID: 33645832357     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003484     Document Type: Article

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