High-Bandwidth Graded-Index Polymer Optical Fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1475-1489

  Koike, Yasuhiro ^a   Ishigure, Takaaki ^a   Nihei, Eisuke ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLYMERIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIBER DISTRIBUTED DATA INTERFACE; GRADED INDEX POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER; HIGH SPEED MULTIMEDIA NETWORK; INTERFACIAL GEL POLYMERIZATION; OPTICAL SIGNALS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0029344360     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.400716     Document Type: Article

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