Fabrication of submicron-diameter silica fibers using electric strip heater

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5055-5060

  Shi, Lei ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Liu, Hongjuan ^a,b   Chen, Yuping ^a   Ye, Zhiqing ^b   Liao, Weijun ^a   Xia, Yuxing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC HEATING; LASER MODE LOCKING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

ELECTRIC STRIP HEATER; INTERACTION LENGTH; SUBMICRON-DIAMETER;

SILICA;

EID: 33745121919     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005055     Document Type: Article

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