Chromatic polarization effects of swept waveforms in FDML lasers and fiber spools

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 9819-9832

  Wieser, Wolfgang ^a   Palte, Gesa ^a   Eigenwillig, Christoph M ^a   Biedermann, Benjamin R ^a   Pfeiffer, Tom ^a   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; REELS; SPHERES;

ALTERNATING POLARIZATION; CHROMATIC POLARIZATION; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; LASER SOURCES; LINEAR POLARIZATION; POINCARE; POLARIZATION ANALYZERS; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION STATE; SWEPT SOURCE OCT; WAVE FORMS; WAVELENGTH SWEPT LASER;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84861164800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.009819     Document Type: Article

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