Multiple-cladding fibers with reduced bend loss

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1172-1176

  Tomljenovic Hanic, Snjezana ^a,b   Bulla, Douglas A P ^a   Ankiewicz, Adrian ^a   Love, John D ^a   Bailey, Ron ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CLADDING (COATING); FIBER OPTICS;

BENDING LOSS; MULTIPLE-CLADDING FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34248386563     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.001172     Document Type: Article

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