Tunable bandpass filter with solid-core photonic bandgap fiber and Bragg fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 581-583

  Liu, Bo Wen ^a   Hu, Ming Lie ^a   Fang, Xiao Hui ^a   Li, Yan Feng ^a   Chai, Lu ^a   Li, Jin Yan ^b   Chen, Wei ^b   Wang, Ching Yue ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bend loss; Bragg fibers; Fiber filter; Solid core photonic bandgap fibers (SC PBGFs)

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC BAND GAP;

BEND LOSS; BRAGG FIBERS; FIBER FILTER; SOLID-CORE PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 41849128190     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.918816     Document Type: Article

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