Analysis of temperature-dependent birefringence of a polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Do Hyun ^a,b   Kang, Jin U ^a  

^a Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fiber characteristics; Interferometers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

FIBER STRUCTURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 34548632068     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2752177     Document Type: Article

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