Title :
Degree of polarization in the Lyot depolarizer
Author :
Burns, William K.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
9/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.1983.1072136
