Carbon dioxide laser fabrication of fused-fiber couplers and tapers

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 33, 1999, Pages 6845-6848

  Dimmick, Timothy E ^a,b   Kakarantzas, George ^a   Birks, Timothy A ^a   Russell, Philip St J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 0003018775     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006845     Document Type: Article

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