Birefringence monitoring of a Hi-Bi fibre under chemical etching through a fibre loop mirror

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Frazao O ^a   Guerreiro, A ^a,b   Santos, J L ^a,b   Baptista, J M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Etching; Fibre loop mirror; Hi Bi fibre

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH;

FIBER LOOP MIRROR; HI-BI FIBER;

BIREFRINGENCE;

BIREFRINGENCE; ETCHING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 36148988449     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/12/N01     Document Type: Article

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