Understanding power leakage in tapered solid core microstructured fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-396

  Laflamme, S ^a   Lacroix, S ^a   Bures, J ^a   Daxhelet, X ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CORE-MODE LEAKAGE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER;

MAGNETIC LEAKAGE;

EID: 33846549037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000387     Document Type: Article

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