Theoretical and experimental analysis of tunable Sagnac high-birefringence loop filter for dual-wavelength laser application

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-260

  Alvarez Tamayo R I ^a   Duran Sanchez M ^b   Pottiez, O ^c   Kuzin, E A ^d   Ibarra Escamilla, B ^d   Flores Rosas, A ^d  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Tecnologica de Puebla   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

DUAL WAVELENGTH GENERATION; DUAL WAVELENGTH LASER; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCY; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 78751616441     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000253     Document Type: Article

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