Tunable polarization-dependent-loss element based on rotatable birefringent prisms and a half-wave plate

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 374-376

  Kim, Heonoh ^a   Choi, Sang Kyung ^a   Park, Hee Su ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical beam splitting; Optical components; Optical polarization

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENT PRISM; HALF WAVEPLATE; INTERFERENCE VISIBILITY; INTERFEROMETRIC STABILITY; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTING; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PRISMS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 77955082960     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2012132     Document Type: Article

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