Polymers for optical fibers and waveguides: An overview

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 795, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-23

  Harmon, Julie P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0042408081     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2001-0795.ch001     Document Type: Article

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