Photonic Crystal Fibers: A New Class of Optical Waveguides

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-330

  Broeng, Jes ^a   Mogilevstev, Dmitri ^b   Barkou, Stig E ^a   Bjarklev, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042543793     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1998.0279     Document Type: Article

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