Wavelength-scalable hollow optical fibres with large photonic bandgaps for CO2 laser transmission

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6916, 2002, Pages 650-653

  Temelkuran, Burak ^a   Hart, Shandon D ^a   Benoit, Gilles ^a   Joannopoulos, John D ^a   Fink, Yoel ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

PHOTONIC BANDGAPS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER; POLYMER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FIBER OPTICS; LASER;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLID; SPECTRUM; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037698976     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01275     Document Type: Article

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