A simple model of dispersion in step-index elliptical-core optical fibers

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-206

  Pacitti, Marcos C ^a   Blake, James N ^b   Carrara, Sidney L A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0030121963     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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