Spectral-domain measurement of phase modal birefringence in polarization-maintaining fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 17019-17024

  Hlubina, Petr ^a   Ciprian, Dalibor ^a  

^a VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

PHASE AMBIGUITY; PHASE MODAL BIREFRINGENCE; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 37149010473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017019     Document Type: Article

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