Optical properties of a low-loss polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 676-680

  Suzuki, Kazunori ^a   Kubota, Hirokazu ^a   Kawanishi, Satoki ^a   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^b   Fujita, Moriyuki ^b  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

^b Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL FIBERS; FIBER PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD);

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0003011067     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000676     Document Type: Article

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