A fiber depolarizer using polarization beam splitter loop structure for narrow linewidth light source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 776-778

  Yoon, Ilyong ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a   Park, Soojin ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b KT Cooperation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber depolarizer; Polarization beam splitter (PBS)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND OPERATION; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; FARADAY ROTATOR MIRROR; FIBER DEPOLARIZER; LOOP STRUCTURE; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION CONTROL; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS;

FIBERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LINEWIDTH; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PRISMS;

DEPOLARIZATION;

EID: 33846252377     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.871654     Document Type: Article

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