Elimination of optical fiber breaks in stainless steel packages for LiNbO3 optical modulator devices

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 98-105

  Nagata, Hirotoshi ^a   Mitsugi, Naoki ^a   Shiroishi, Masaru ^a   Saito, Tsutomu ^a   Tateyama, Takashi ^a   Murata, Susumu ^a  

^a SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0029704899     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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