Field enhancement within an optical fibre with a subwavelength air core

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-118

  Wiederhecker, G S ^a,b   Cordeiro, C M B ^a,b   Couny, F ^a   Benabid, F ^a   Maier, S A ^a   Knight, J C ^a   Cruz, C H B ^b   Fragnito, H L ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MANIPULATION; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; INTERACTION LENGTH; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR FIBRE OPTICS; SILICON ON INSULATOR WAVEGUIDE;

NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVEGUIDES;

HOLE CONCENTRATION;

EID: 34247495147     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2006.81     Document Type: Article

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