All-fiber optical faraday mirror using 56-wt%-terbium-doped fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 999-1001

  Sun, Lei ^a   Jiang, Shibin ^b   Marciante, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b AdValue Photonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Faraday effect; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber materials; Terbium

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; DOPED FIBER; FARADAY MIRRORS; FARADAY ROTATORS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER MATERIALS; POLARIZATION EXTINCTION RATIO; POLARIZATION STATE; REFLECTED LIGHT;

FARADAY EFFECT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; SILICATES; TERBIUM; TERBIUM ALLOYS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 77953606989     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2049011     Document Type: Article

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