Wavelength tunable fiber lens based on multimode interference

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 469-477

  Mohammed, Waleed S ^a   Mehta, Alok ^a   Johnson, Eric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical beam focusing; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber interference; Optical position measurement

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TUNING;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; OPTIC FIBER INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL BEAM FOCUSSING; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL POSITION MEASUREMENT; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE FIBER FIBER LENS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 1942453783     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824379     Document Type: Article

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