Extrusion of complex preforms for microstructured optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 15086-15092

  Ebendorff Heidepriem, Heike ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIES; GLASS; MICROOPTICS; POLYMERS;

BISMUTH GLASS FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER DESIGNS; PROPAGATION LOSS; SOFT GLASSES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 36248958789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015086     Document Type: Article

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