Quantum dot and silica nanoparticle doped polymer optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 9989-9994

  Yu, Helmut C Y ^a   Argyros, Alexander ^a   Barton, Geoff ^a   Van Eijkelenborg, Martijn A ^a   Barbe, Christophe ^b   Finnie, Kim ^b   Kong, Linggen ^b   Ladouceur, Francois ^c   McNiven, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CeramiSphere Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER MATRIX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICA;

MICROSTRUCTURED POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34547822492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009989     Document Type: Article

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