Flexible terahertz fiber optics with low bend-induced losses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1230-1235

  Ito, Takahiro ^a   Matsuura, Yuji ^a   Miyagi, Mitsunobu ^b   Minamide, Hiroaki ^c   Ito, Hiromasa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SENDAI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LOSSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

TERAHERTZ REGION; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC MODES;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 34250754430     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001230     Document Type: Article

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