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Unbalance of the Sagnac interferometer through nonlinear asymmetry

F. T. C. B. MagalhãesPost-Graduation Program in Telecommunications Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Photonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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H. A. PinhoPhotonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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D. N. S. CavalcantePost-Graduation Program in Telecommunications Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Photonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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A. C. FerreiraPost-Graduation Program in Telecommunications Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Photonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Locem Laboratory, Federal University of Ceará - UFC. Fortaleza, Ceará, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. W. M. MenezesPost-Graduation Program in Telecommunications Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Photonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Locem Laboratory, Federal University of Ceará - UFC. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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G. F. GuimarãesPost-Graduation Program in Telecommunications Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Photonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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W. B. FragaPost-Graduation Program in Telecommunications Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil;Photonics Laboratory, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará - Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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Pages 1227-1239 | Received 17 Mar 2016, Accepted 13 May 2016, Published online: 03 Jun 2016

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