High accuracy polarization measurements using binary polarization rotators

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 6667-6685

  Steve Yao, X ^a,b   Chen, Xiaojun ^b   Liu, Tiegen ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BINARY POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION ROTATOR;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77950243946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.006667     Document Type: Article

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