Properties of plastic optical fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 727-739

  Koeppen, C ^a   Shi, R F ^a   Chen, W D ^a   Garito, A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0032330035     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.15.000727     Document Type: Article

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