• DocumentCode
    984248
  • Title

    Depolarised broadband source

  • Author

    Moeller, R.P. ; Burns, W.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    187
  • Lastpage
    188
  • Abstract
    A depolarised broadband source is demonstrated by depolarising the output of a superluminescent diode with a short length of Hitachi single polarisation fibre. A degree of polarisation of less than 10¿3 is achieved.
  • Keywords
    fibre optics; light emitting diodes; light polarisation; optical waveguide theory; Hitachi single polarisation fibre; LED; depolarised broadband source; residual polarisation degree 10-3; superluminescent diode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19830130
  • Filename
    4247427