Prediction of light-transmission losses in plastic optical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2318-2326

  Tekelioglu, Murat ^a   Wood, Byard D ^b  

^a Reno   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC LOSSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICITY;

FIBER-OPTIC LIGHTING; LIGHT-TRANSMISSION LOSSES; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; SKEW RAYS;

LIGHTING;

EID: 17644382968     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.002318     Document Type: Article

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