Design and tolerance analysis of a low bending loss hole-assisted fiber using statistical design methodology

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 5061-5074

  Van Erps, Jürgen ^a   Debaes, Christof ^a   Nasilowski, Tomasz ^a   Watté, Jan ^b   Wojcik, Jan ^c   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Tyco Electronics   (Belgium)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELENGTH;

BENDING LOSS; STATISTICAL DESIGN; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS; VECTORIAL MODE SOLVER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 41649100301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005061     Document Type: Article

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