Fresnel fibres with omnidirectional zone cross-sections

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 4281-4286

  Martelli, Cicero ^a,b   Canning, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL LOSSES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICA;

CANTOR FRACTAL ZONE CROSS-SECTION (FZC); CONFINEMENT LOSS; FRESNEL FIBRES; OMNIDIRECTIONAL STRUCTURES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34147134991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004281     Document Type: Article

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