Low-loss fattened fusion splices between different fibres

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-169

  O'Brien, E M ^a   Hussey, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLE JOINTING; CLADDING (COATING); OPTICAL CABLES;

FLATTENED FUSION SPLICES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032677807     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19990096     Document Type: Article

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