Investigation of macrobending losses of standard single mode fiber with small bend radii

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2133-2138

  Wang, Pengfei ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Farrell, Gerald ^a   Rajan, Ginu ^a   Freir, Thomas ^a   Cassidy, John ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fiber macrobending loss; Single mode fiber; Whispering gallery mode

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CLADDING (COATING); ETCHING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

COATING LAYERS; FIBER MACROBENDING LOSSES; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 34547676064     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22671     Document Type: Article

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