Effect of coupling between fundamental and cladding modes on bending losses in photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6015-6022

  Olszewski, Jacek ^a   Szpulak, Marcin ^a   Urbańczyk, Wacław ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYSTALS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS;

BENDING LOSSES; BENDING RADIUS; CLADDING MODES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 24044449645     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006015     Document Type: Article

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