Highly birefringent optical microfibers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3828-3839

  Xuan, Haifeng ^a   Ju, Jian ^a   Jin, Wei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; INFRARED LASERS; LASER CLADDING; SILICA; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

AIR-CLAD; DIAMETER RATIO; ELLIPTICAL CROSS SECTION; ELLIPTICAL FIBERS; FEMTOSECONDS; GROUP BIREFRINGENCE; INFRARED LASER; INTERFEROMETRIC SENSOR; MICROFIBERS; PHASE-SENSITIVE; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; SILICA CLADDING; SUB-WAVELENGTH; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THREE-LAYER MODELS; TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; LIGHT; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77149153386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003828     Document Type: Article

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