Holey fibers and their application to optical communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4870, Issue , 2002, Pages 380-386

  Kawanishi, Satoki ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Holey fibers; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; FIBERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

HOLEY FIBERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0036425139     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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