Well-shaped fibre tips by pulling with a foil heater

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 182-187

  Gallacchi, R ^a   Kolsch S ^a   Kneppe, H ^a   Meixner, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibre pulling; Fibre tip; SNOM

Indexed keywords

CONE ANGLE; DRAWING FORCE; FIBER PULLING; FIBRE TIP; FILAMENT HEATING; MOLTEN ZONES; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; PULLED OPTICAL FIBERS; SHAPED FIBERS; TAPER LENGTH;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBER OPTICS; FOIL; FORCE; HEATING; LASER; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035062444     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2001.00869.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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