Fabrication and characterization of an all solid 2D photonic bandgap fiber with a low-loss region (< 20 dB/km) around 1550 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8452-8459

  Bouwmans, G ^a   Bigot, L ^a   Quiquempois, Y ^a   Lopez, F ^a   Provino, L ^a   Douay, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS;

BRAGG GRATINGS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; ZERO DISPERSION;

FIBERS;

EID: 26844519670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008452     Document Type: Article

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