Integration of micrometer-sized polymer elements at the end of optical fibers by free-radical photopolymerization

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 32, 2001, Pages 5860-5871

  Bachelot, Renaud ^a   Ecoffet, Carole ^b   Deloeil, Denis ^a   Royer, Pascal ^a   Lougnot, Daniel Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITERATIVE METHODS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROLENSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

POLYMER ELEMENTS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 0001043322     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.005860     Document Type: Article

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