Bending-induced colouring in a photonic crystal fibre

Optics Express

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 88-94

  Van Eijkelenborg, Martijn A ^a   Canning, John ^a   Ryan, Tom ^a   Lyytikainen, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

BANDGAPS; HEXAGONAL PATTERNS; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVICES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF);

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0002677439     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.7.000088     Document Type: Article

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