Direct measurement of core profile diffusion and ellipticity in fused-taper fibre couplers using atomic force microscopy

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-123

  Huntington, S T ^a   Ashby, S J ^b   Elias, M C ^c   Love, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AOFR Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FUSED TAPER FIBER COUPLERS;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0033887613     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000188     Document Type: Article

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