How thin can a microfiber be and still guide light?

Optics Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 870-872

  Sumetsky, M ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT RADIATION; INTERMODE TRANSMISSION AMPLITUDES; MICROFIBERS; NONADIABATIC INTERMODE TRANSITIONS;

DEFORMATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RADIATION EFFECTS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33744908567     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.31.000870     Document Type: Article

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