Near-field to far-field transition of photonic crystal fibers: Symmetries and interference phenomena

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 475-481

  Mortensen, Niels Asger ^a   Folkenberg, Jacob Riis ^a  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; ENERGY GAP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SILICA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF); PLANE-WAVES; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0010063650     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000475     Document Type: Article

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