• 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