Temperature-insensitive interferometer using a highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber loop mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2535-2537

  Zhao, Chun Liu ^a,b   Yang, Xiufeng ^a   Lu, Chao ^a   Jin, Wei ^b   Demokan, M S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COUNTERPROPAGATING WAVES; FIBER LOOP MIRROR (FLM); HIGHLY BIREFRINGENT PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER (HIBI-PCF); PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; TEMPERATURE INSENSITIVE INTERFEROMETER;

MIRRORS;

EID: 7744240200     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.835646     Document Type: Article

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