Selective fused couplers consisting of a mismatched twin-core fiber and a standard optical fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-128

  Ortega, B ^a   Dong, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Science and Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fiber coupler; Optical filters; Optical switches; Twin core fibers

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

MISMATCHED TWIN CORE (MTC) FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLERS;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0032762473     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.737431     Document Type: Article

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