New age fibers: The children of the photonic revolution

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5494, Issue , 2004, Pages 586-597

  Haynes, R ^a   Bland Hawthorn, J ^a   Large, M C J ^b   Klein, K F ^c   Nelson, G ^d  

^a ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

^b OFTC   (Australia)

^c TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^d Polymicro Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband fiber transmission; Broadband fibers; Focal ratio degradation; Holey fibers; Micro structured fibers; Optical fiber instrumentation; Photonic crystal fibers; Silica fibers

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BENCHMARKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SILICA;

BROADBAND FIBERS; FOCAL RATIO DEGRADATION; HOLEY FIBERS; MICRO-STRUCTURED FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SILICA FIBERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 10444285421     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.550991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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