The temperature sensitivity of Sagnac loop interferometer based on polarization maintaining side-hole fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 7962-7967

  Moon, Dae Seung ^a   Kim, Bok Hyeon ^b   Lin, Aoxiang ^a   Sun, Guoyong ^a   Han, Young Geun ^c   Han, Won Taek ^a   Chung, Youngjoo ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Advanced Photonics Research Institute (APRI)   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

POLARIZATION MAINTAINING FIBERS; THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34250866105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.007962     Document Type: Article

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