Determination of the mode reflection coefficient in air-core photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5342-5359

  Dangui, Vinayak ^a   Digonnet, Michel J F ^a   Kino, Gordon S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DECOMPOSITION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; REFLECTION; SILICA;

FRESNEL APPROXIMATION; MODAL INDEX; MODE REFLECTION; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 34247897307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005342     Document Type: Article

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