Nondestructive determination of cladding thickness in D-fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1082-1084

  Chandani, S M ^a   Kulpa, A ^a   Jaeger, N A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cladding thickness; D fiber; Optical fiber measurements

Indexed keywords

CLADDING THICKNESS; D-FIBER; D-SHAPED OPTICAL FIBERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMOOPTICS;

CLADDING (COATING); FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 33749828344     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873335     Document Type: Article

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