Fabrication and study of bent and coiled free silica nanowires: Self-coupling microloop optical interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3521-3531

  Sumetsky, M ^a   Dulashko, Y ^a   Hale, A ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

FIBER OPTICS COMPONENTS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETERS; SELF-COUPLING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 4644316469     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.003521     Document Type: Article

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