Adiabatic circular polarizer based on chiral fiber grating

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2251-2256

  Yang, Li ^a   Xue, Lin Lin ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Su, Jue ^a   Qian, Jing Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION;

ADIABATIC COUPLING; BROADBAND CHARACTERISTICS; CIRCULAR POLARIZERS; CORE MODES; FIBER GRATINGS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; MULTIMODES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79851505563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.002251     Document Type: Article

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