Polarization coupling in a highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber by torsional acoustic wave

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4631-4638

  Lee, Kwang Jo ^a   Hong, Kee Suk ^a   Park, Hyun Chul ^a   Kim, Byoung Yoon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; BIREFRINGENCE; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

MODAL BIREFRINGENCE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION COUPLING; TORSIONAL ACOUSTIC WAVES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 41649117070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004631     Document Type: Article

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