Designing a photonic bandgap fiber for thermo-optic switching

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 951-957

  Laegsgaard J ^a   Alkeskjold, T T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONS; POLYNOMIALS;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; THERMO-OPTIC SWITCHING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33745759647     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000951     Document Type: Article

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