Photonic crystal fiber design based on the V-parameter

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2762-2768

  Nielsen, Martin Dybendal ^a,b   Mortensen, Niels Asger ^a  

^a NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CRYSTAL LATTICES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIBER DESIGN; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; V PARAMETER;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 1042267504     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002762     Document Type: Article

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