Birefringent all-solid hybrid microstructured fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 18752-18763

  Goto, Ryuichiro ^a   Jackson, Stuart D ^a   Fleming, Simon ^a   Kuhlmey, Boris T ^a   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a   Himeno, Kuniharu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; ENERGY GAP; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CLADDING-PUMPED FIBERS; DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; GROUP BIREFRINGENCE; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; MODAL BIREFRINGENCE; PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG); SPECTRAL FILTERING; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56149110276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.018752     Document Type: Article

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