Development of a system for laser splicing photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1365-1370

  Chong, Joo Hin ^a   Rao, M K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CLADDING (COATING); ELECTRIC ARCS; MELTING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

LASER POWER; LASER SPLICING; NUMERICAL APERTURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 2942744544     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001365     Document Type: Article

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