Expanded single-mode fiber using graded index multimode fiber

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1634-1642

  Chanclou, P ^a   Kaczmarek, C ^b   Mouzer, G ^b   Gravey, P ^b   Thual, M ^c   Lecollinet, M A ^c   Rochard, P ^c  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b Optogone   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROLENSES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EXPANDED SINGLE MODE FIBER; MULTIMODE GRADED INDEX;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 4143098084     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1689335     Document Type: Article

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