Optical transmission of a "continuous fiber" component comprising a multilayer structure with the thin metal film

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2294-2300

  Kutsaenko, V ^a   Lavretskii, E ^b   Johnstone, W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF RADIO ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

DIELECTRIC SLAB WAVEGUIDE; EVANESCENT FIELD COUPLING; THIN METAL FILM;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0030259416     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541221     Document Type: Article

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