Quantitative characterization of higher-order mode converters in weakly multimoded fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2838-2847

  Skorobogatiy, M ^a   Anastassiou, Charalambos ^b   Johnson, Steven G ^b   Weisberg, O ^b   Engeness, Torkel D ^b   Jacobs, Steven A ^b   Ahmad, Rokan U ^b   Fink, Yoel ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b OmniGuide   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FIBER OPTICS; MASKS; POLARIZATION; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS;

DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHMS; FIBER MEASUREMENTS; FIBER OPTICS COMPONENTS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 2942722383     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002838     Document Type: Article

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