Optical power confinement factor in a Bragg fiber: 1. Formulation and general properties

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-19

  Sakai, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL POWER CONFINEMENT FACTOR; QUARTER-WAVE STACK CONDITION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33846999706     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000009     Document Type: Article

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