The polarization changing speed of the light depolarized by a simple depolarizer

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1848-1853

  Yoon, Ilyong ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a   Park, Soo Jin ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b KT Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fiber depolarizer; Polarization modulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DEPOLARIZATION; FIBER OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FIBER DEPOLARIZER; POLARIZATION MODULATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 34547130819     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.897746     Document Type: Article

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