Broadband single-mode operation of standard optical fibers by using a sub-wavelength optical wire filter

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 14661-14667

  Jung, Yongmin ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; WAVEGUIDE FILTERS; WIRE;

BROAD SPECTRAL; HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBERS; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; TAPER PROFILES; TELECOM OPTICAL FIBERS; TRANSITION REGIONS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTUBES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 51849152459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014661     Document Type: Article

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