Hollow core photonic crystal fibers for beam delivery

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1477-1484

  Humbert, G ^a   Knight, J C ^a   Bouwmans, G ^a   Russell, P St J ^a   Williams, D P ^b   Roberts, P J ^b   Mangan, B J ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ION BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

FEMTOSECOND PULSES; FIBER MATERIALS; NANOSECOND PULSES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942741304     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.001477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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