Stress-induced single-polarization single-transverse mode photonic crystal fiber with low nonlinearity

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7621-7630

  Schreiber, T ^a   Roser F ^a   Schmidt, O ^a   Limpert, J ^a   Iliew, R ^a   Lederer, F ^a   Petersson, A ^b   Jacobsen, C ^b   Hansen, K P ^b   Broeng, J ^b   Tunnermann A ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); DESIGN;

CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CLADDING; POWER OPERATION; TRANSVERSE MODE;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 25144437605     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007621     Document Type: Article

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