Comparative study of air-core and coaxial bragg fibers: Single-mode transmission and dispersion characteristics

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 733-747

  Ouyang, George ^a   Xu, Yong ^b   Yariv, Amnon ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

BRAGG REFLECTORS; CLADDING LAYERS; COAXIAL FIBERS; SINGLE MODE TRANSMISSION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0000361936     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000733     Document Type: Article

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