Highly birefringent terahertz polarization maintaining plastic photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-12

  Cho, M ^a   Kim, J ^a   Park, H ^a   Han, Y ^a   Moon, K ^a   Jung, E ^a   Han, H ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; PLASTICS; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PLASTIC PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED RADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

INFRARED RAYS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; POLYETHYLENE; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049155486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.000007     Document Type: Article

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