Application of continuous wavelet transform for determination of fiber birefringence

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 13878-13885

  Grabka, M ^a   Pustelny, S ^a,b   Mergo, P ^c   Gawlik, W ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM; FIBER BIREFRINGENCE; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INTERFEROGRAMS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH SCANNING TECHNIQUE;

BIREFRINGENCE;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863772177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013878     Document Type: Article

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