Polarization-maintaining photonic-crystal-fiber-based all-optical polarimetric torsion sensor

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 5954-5958

  Fu, H Y ^a   Khijwania, Sunil K ^b   Tam, H Y ^a   Wai, P K A ^a   Lu, C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; TORSIONAL STRESS;

COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTIONS; JONES MATRIX; NORMALIZED SENSITIVITY; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; SENSOR RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL COEFFICIENTS; TWIST ANGLES;

POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER;

EID: 78149423855     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.005954     Document Type: Article

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