Fiber optical loop mirror with a symmetrical coupler and a quarter-wave retarder plate in the loop

Optics Communications

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Ibarra Escamilla, B ^a   Kuzin, E A ^a   Pottiez, O ^b   Haus, J W ^c   Gutierrez Zainos, F ^a   Grajales Coutino R ^a   Zaca Moran, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fibers; Sagnac interferometer

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FIBER OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR (FOLM); NONLINEAR LOOP MIRROR (NOLM); OPTICAL BEAMS; QUARTER-WAVE (QW) RETARDER PLATE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 9544227395     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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