Fabrication of optical fibre nanowires and their optical and mechanical characterisation

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 517-519

  Brambilla, G ^a   Xu, F ^a   Feng, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL FIBRE NANOWIRES; POST-FABRICATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33646412356     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20060611     Document Type: Article

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