Retaining and characterising nano-structure within tapered air-silica structured optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-104

  Huntington, S T ^a   Katsifolis, J ^b   Gibson, B C ^b   Canning, J ^c   Lyytikainen, K ^c   Zagari, J ^c   Cahill, L W ^b   Love, J D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENERGY GAP; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

BAND GAP; FIBER HOLES; HEAT SOURCES; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 1642397065     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.000098     Document Type: Article

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