Hollow-core PCF for guidance in the mid to far infra-red

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6937-6946

  Pearce, G J ^a   Pottage, J M ^a   Bird, D M ^a   Roberts, P J ^a   Knight, J C ^a   Russell, P St J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CRYSTALS; GLASS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHALCOGENIDES; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTH; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBRE (PCF); TELLURITES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 24944448358     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006937     Document Type: Article

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