Modeling the growth of a polymer microtip on an optical fiber end

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-620

  Hocine, Malik ^a   Fressengeas, Nicolas A ^a   Kugel, Godefroy ^a   Carré, Christiane ^b   Lougnot, Daniel Joseph ^b   Bachelot, Renaud ^c   Royer, Pascal ^c  

^a SUPELEC   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); MICROLENSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

FIBER-CORE DIMENSIONS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODEL; POLYMER MICROTIP;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 33744787054     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000611     Document Type: Article

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