DocumentCode
1099206
Title
Degree of polarization in the Lyot depolarizer
Author
Burns, William K.
Author_Institution
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
Volume
1
Issue
3
fYear
1983
fDate
9/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
475
Lastpage
479
Abstract
Analytic output equations for the degree of polarization of light exiting a Lyot depolarizer are derived from a coherency matrix representation. Design criteria are obtained for sources of different spectral shape.
Keywords
Optical fiber applications; Optical polarization; Bandwidth; Biographies; Birefringence; Delay; Electrons; Equations; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optimized production technology;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.1983.1072136
Filename
1072136
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