Photonic Crystal Fibers and their Applications to Optical Communications

NTT R and D

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-63

  Kubota, Hirokazu ^a   Kawanishi, Satoki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0242291150     PISSN: 09152326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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