Analysis and design of terahertz photonic crystal fibers by an effective-index method

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 8462-8465

  Li, Yanfeng ^a   Wang, Changlei ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Wang, Ching Yue ^a   Xing, Qirong ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT EMISSION; MACHINE DESIGN; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

EFFECTIVE INDEX METHOD (EIM); FIBER CLADDING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCF);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33847068761     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008462     Document Type: Article

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