Low loss fusion splicing of micron scale silica fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 11568-11573

  Pal, Parama ^a   Knox, Wayne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA;

EVANESCENT COUPLING; FUSION SPLICING; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC DEVICES; MECHANICALLY STABLE; MICRON SCALE; PHOTONIC CIRCUITS; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; SILICA FIBERS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; HEAT; LASERS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 47849085113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.011568     Document Type: Article

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