Towards the dispersion characteristics of tapered core dielectric optical fibers

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1597-1609

  Lim, M H ^a   Yeow, S C ^a   Choudhury, P K ^a   Kumar, D ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

DIELECTRIC OPTICAL FIBERS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SPECTRUM; TAPERED FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33746527371     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939306779292417     Document Type: Article

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