Polarization-controlled tunable all-fiber comb filter based on a modified dual-pass Mach-Zehnder interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1066-1068

  Luo, Zhi Chao ^a   Luo, Ai Ping ^a   Xu, Wen Cheng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comb filter; Mach Zehnder (M Z) interferometer; Polarization controlled

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; COMB FILTER; FIBER COUPLERS; INPUT LIGHT; M-Z INTERFEROMETER; MACH-ZEHNDER; MACH-ZEHNDER (M-Z) INTERFEROMETER; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; POLARIZATION STATE; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; WAVELENGTH-SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC FILTERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77955082959     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2022636     Document Type: Article

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