Measurements of the birefringence and verdet constant in an air-core fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3194-3201

  Wen, He ^a   Terrel, Matthew A ^a   Kim, Hyang Kyun ^a   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a   Fan, Shanhui ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Faraday effect; Optical fiber; Photonic bandgap fibers

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORE; AIR-CORE FIBERS; BEAT LENGTH; CIRCULAR BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES; LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLID-CORE FIBERS; SPATIAL OVERLAP; VERDET CONSTANT;

BIREFRINGENCE; ENERGY GAP; FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SILICA; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 67651180985     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2009546     Document Type: Article

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