Power density of the evanescent field in the vicinity of a tapered fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1992-1996

  Bures, Jacques ^a   Ghosh, René ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EVANESCENT FIELD; POWER DENSITY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032613527     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.16.001992     Document Type: Article

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