Mode scalability in bent optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 15674-15701

  Schermer, Ross T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

BEND RADIUS; NUMERICAL APERTURES; WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRIES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 36749019602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015674     Document Type: Article

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