Design and analysis of a multilayer cladding large-mode-area optical fibre

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kumar, Ajeet ^a   Rastogi, Vipul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Dense wavelength division multiplexing; Fibre design; Fibre laser; Large mode area fibre; Leakage loss; Optical communication; Single mode fibre

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FIBER LASERS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; MULTILAYERS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

DENSE-WAVELENGTH-DIVISION-MULTIPLEXING; FIBER DESIGN; LARGE-MODE-AREA FIBERS; LEAKAGE LOSS; SINGLE-MODE FIBER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 41849135023     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/01/015303     Document Type: Article

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