Fabrication of glass photonic crystal fibers with a die-cast process

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4433-4436

  Zhou, Guiyao ^a   Hou, Zhiyun ^b   Li, Shuguang ^b   Hou, Lantian ^a  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Infrared Fibers and Sensors   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; CRYSTALS; DIE CASTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; SUPERALLOYS; THERMAL STRESS;

ACIDIC SOLUTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF); VACUUM ANNEALING; WAVELENGTHS;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 33749559232     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004433     Document Type: Article

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