Localization of light in a random-grating array in a single-mode fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2542-2552

  Shapira, Ofer ^a   Fischer, Baruch ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; SCATTERING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

BROADBAND REFLECTIONS; EXPONENTIAL DECAY; GRATING FABRICATION; RANDOM-GRATING ARRAY;

LIGHT;

EID: 30844433036     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002542     Document Type: Article

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