Photonic crystal fibers and fiber lasers (Invited)

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1661-1668

  Knight, J C ^a  

^a Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials Department of Physics University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS;

FIBER LASER DESIGN; FIBER LASER TECHNOLOGY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 34548650548     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001661     Document Type: Article

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