Characterization of mid-infrared single mode fibers as modal filters

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 7957-7962

  Ksendzov, A ^a   Lay, O ^a   Martin, S ^a   Sanghera, J S ^b   Busse, L E ^b   Kim, W H ^b   Pureza, P C ^b   Nguyen, V Q ^b   Aggarwal, I D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; INTERFEROMETRY; SCATTERING; TRANSMITTERS; WAVELENGTH;

NULLING INTERFEROMETRY; SCATTERING LOSSES; TRANSMITTANCE;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 38849143796     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.007957     Document Type: Article

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