Microstructured polymer optical fibres: Progress and promise

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4616, Issue , 2002, Pages 105-116

  Large, Maryanne C J ^a   Van Eijkelenborg, Martijn A ^a   Argyros, Alexander ^a   Zagari, Joseph ^a   Manos, Steven ^a   Issa, Nader A ^a   Bassett, Ian ^a   Fleming, Simon ^a   McPhedran, Ross C ^a   De Sterke, C Martijn ^a   Nicorovici, Nicolae A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bragg fibres; Microstructured optical fibre; MPOF; Polymer optical fibres

Indexed keywords

CASTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; EXTRUSION; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MICROSTRUCTURED POLYMER OPTICAL FIBRES (MPOF);

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 2942530004     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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