Investigation of the ratio between phase and group birefringence in optical single-mode fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3374-3378

  Legre, M ^a   Wegmuller, M ^a   Gisin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BEATLENGTH; DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE REFLECTION MEASUREMENT;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 4544324601     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.821755     Document Type: Article

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