Birefringent photonic crystal fiber coils and their application to transverse displacement sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 19948-19954

  Fan, Chen Feng ^a   Chiang, Chih Lun ^a   Yu, Chin Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ELECTRON EMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BENDING RADIUS; BIREFRINGENT PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; FRINGE SPACING; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; SAGNAC LOOP INTERFEROMETERS; STRESS EFFECTS; TRANSVERSE DISPLACEMENTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 80053983485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019948     Document Type: Article

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