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  1. Birefringence helps analyze optical telecom components

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    Sun, 1 Jun 2003

    designers are using the properties of birefringence found in uniaxial optical crystals ..... experience. The recent addition of birefringence modeling to the polarization ray trace ..... simulation of these various applications.1 Birefringence literally means a medium with two different

  2. Imager sees femtosecond-scale birefringence

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    Wed, 1 Dec 1999

    movie showing areas of instantaneous birefringence induced by a focused ultrafast laser ..... cone that reveals filaments of high birefringence in a distribution very unlike what might ..... beam; thus, only light affected by birefringence passes through the analyzer. Relay

  1. Electro-optic birefringence controls GaAs VCSEL polarization

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    Mon, 27 Mar 2000

    developed a polarization-control method for VCSELs based on a [001] GaAs substrate using electro-optic birefringence . Birefringence was induced at the top distributed Bragg reflector by applying an electric field along the [001] direction

  2. Imager sees femtosecond-scale birefringence

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    Mon, 6 Dec 1999

    images--akin to a movie--showing areas of instantaneous birefringence induced by a focused ultrafast laser pulse in air. When ..... representation of a light cone that reveals filaments of high birefringence in a distribution very unlike what might be expected near

  3. Asymmetry maintains polarization

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    Wed, 1 May 2002

    modes induced by random fluctuations of the birefringence along the fiber length tends to equalize the ..... senses, PM fibers can be divided into low- birefringence and high- birefringence fibers.1 When focusing on high- birefringence

  4. Hinds Teams with SEMATECH to Develop DUV Instrument

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    Thu, 14 Feb 2002

    to expedite the development of a DUV birefringence measurement system that will allow ..... microlithography industry to characterize birefringence in calcium fluoride (CaF2). In May ..... Technology (NIST) reported intrinsic birefringence in CaF2 that affects lens design and

  5. Breault Research virtual prototyping software supports photometric data import and export

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    Thu, 3 Feb 2011

    enhancements to the BRO Digitizer and REMOTE features, biaxial birefringence modeling, support for the import and export of new photometric ..... and new tools for summing and averaging results. Biaxial Birefringence - Model materials with biaxial birefringent properties such

  6. NEWS BREAKS

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    Thu, 1 Aug 2002

    Birefringence in calcium fluoride is mapped in two ..... Hillsboro, OR) presented 157-nm birefringence maps of calcium fluoride (CaF2 ..... recently discovered intrinsic form of birefringence in CaF2 at 157 nm. In May 2001

  7. Optical Communication

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    Fri, 1 Jan 1999

    properly manipulating their intracavity birefringence , be made to have locked polarizations ..... under the influence of the intracavity birefringence as it propagated in the cavity. A ..... controller to manipulate intracavity birefringence . A combination of a linear polarizer

  8. Strainoptics Inc

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    Wed, 20 May 2009

    Manufactures instruments for measuring stress birefringence . Product lines include polarimeters/polariscopes, and on-line controls for glass/plastic QC.