Analysis of strained plastic optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1513-1515

  Losada, M A ^a   Mateo, J ^a   Garces I ^a   Zubia J ^b   Casao, J A ^a   Perez Vela P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bending losses; Mode coupling; Plastic optical fiber (POF)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; STRAIN RATE;

BENDING LOSS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2942756191     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826780     Document Type: Article

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