Ultra-low loss hollow-core-photonic crystal fibers at 589 nm for LGS assisted AO

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6272 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Holzlöhner, Ronald ^a   Mangan, Brian ^b   Bonaccini Calia, Domenico ^a   Hackenberg, Wolfgang ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Finite element methods; Hollow core photonic crystal fiber; LGS; Multidimensional optimization; PCF; SBS; Sodium laser guide star; Stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

HOLLOW CORE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SODIUM LASER GUIDE STAR;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33749404052     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.673179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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