Compact modal interferometer built with tapered microstructured optical fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1258-1260

  Villatoro, Joel ^a   Minkovich, Vladimir P ^b   Monzón Hernández, David ^b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Microstructed optical fibers (MOFs); Modal interference; Optical fiber interferometers; Optical fiber sensors; Tapered fibers; Variable attenuator

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS (MOFS); MODAL INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL FIBER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; TAPERED FIBERS; VARIABLE ATTENUATOR;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33744457674     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.875520     Document Type: Article

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