Optical trap detector for calibration of optical fiber powermeters: Coupling efficiency

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 31, 2002, Pages 6531-6536

  Lehman, John H ^a   Cromer, Christopher L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES;

OPTICAL TRAP DETECTORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0036848624     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006531     Document Type: Article

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