Polarization conversion in a silica microsphere

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 7000-7005

  Bianucci, Pablo ^a   Fietz, Chris R ^a   Robertson, John W ^a   Shvets, Gennady ^a   Shih, Chih Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; SILICA;

POLARIZATION CONVERSION; SILICA MICROSPHERE;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 34249725637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007000     Document Type: Article

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