Fabrication of microstructured optical fibers - Part II: Numerical modeling of steady-state draw process

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2255-2266

  Xue, S C ^a   Tanner, R I ^a   Barton, G W ^b   Lwin, R ^b   Large, M C J ^a   Poladian, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiber fabrication; Holey fibers; Microstructured optical fibers; Numerical modeling; Polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DRAWING (FORMING); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VISCOSITY;

HOLEY FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS (MOFS); STEADY STATE DRAWING PROCESS;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 23144452878     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.850058     Document Type: Article

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