Highly symmetric optical fiber tapers fabricated with a CO2 laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 656-658

  Özcan, Lütfü Çelebi ^a   Tréanton, Vincent ^a   Guay, Francis ^a   Kashyap, Raman ^a  

^a POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Fabrication technique microprobes; Fiber taper; Lensed fibers; Optical filters

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLARIZATION;

FIBER TAPER; SYMMETRIC FIBERS LENSES;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 34147114177     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.894963     Document Type: Article

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