A model based on geometrical construction in designing a pencil-shaped fiber probe for near-field optics

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1051-1055

  Mononobe, Shuji ^b,d,e,f   Ohtsu, Motoichi ^a,b,c,d,f,g  

^a IEEE

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University ^*

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^g LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

PENCIL SHAPED FIBER PROBE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031163006     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.588687     Document Type: Article

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