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Record 1 2021-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
  • Optics
CONT

The laser light is split into two beams, one going clockwise and one going counter-clockwise. After traveling through the fiber optic loops, the laser beams are recombined at the detector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques
  • Optique
CONT

Si l'on place une boucle de fibre optique autour [du] fil, l'effet Faraday causé par le champ magnétique conduit à une différence de propagation pour des ondes lumineuses se propageant dans la fibre dans des sens opposés.

Spanish

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