Single- and double-helix chiral fiber sensors

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Kopp, Victor I ^a   Churikov, Victor M ^a   Zhang, Guoyin ^a   Singer, Jonathan ^a   Draper, Christopher W ^a   Chao, Norman ^a   Neugroschl, Daniel ^a   Genack, Azriel Z ^a,b  

^a CHIRAL PHOTONICS INC   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH;

CHIRAL FIBER SENSORS; DOUBLE-HELIX SYMMETRY; SINGLE SYMMETRY; TWISTING OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 36949006951     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000A48     Document Type: Article

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