Precise beat length measurement of birefringent fibres with dual channel low-coherence reflectometer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 215-216

  Dave D P ^a   Milner, T E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; REFLECTOMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

BEAT LENGTH; BIREFRINGENT FIBRES; DUAL CHANNEL LOW COHERENCE REFLECTOMETER; FIBRE UNDER TEST; INTERFERENCE PATTERN;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 6644227164     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20010162     Document Type: Article

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