Novel hollow optical fibers and their applications in photonic devices for optical communications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 524-532

  Oh, Kyunghwan ^a   Choi, S ^a   Jung, Yongmin ^a   Lee, Jhang W ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic tunable filter; Bandpass filter; Bandwidth tuning; Boron; Chromatic dispersion; Dispersion compensation; Germanium; Gigabit Ethernet; Higher order mode; Hollow waveguide; Long period grating (LPG); Mode conversion; Multimode optical fiber; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING BORON; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; TUNING;

ACOUSTOOPTIC TUNABLE FILTER; BANDWIDTH TUNING; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; GIGABIT ETHERNET; HIGHER ORDER MODE; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDE; LONG PERIOD GRATING (LPGS); MODE CONVERSION; MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 15744394175     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.842307     Document Type: Article

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