Effect of unsteady natural convection on the diameter of drawn polymer optical fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1770-1779

  Reeve, Hayden M ^a   Mescher, Ann M ^a  

^a University of Washington ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FORCED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; QUENCHING; RESONANCE; THERMOCOUPLES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; FIBER PROPERTIES; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS (POF); THERMAL PERTURBATIONS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2342601505     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001770     Document Type: Article

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