Novel method for the fabrication of long optical fiber tapers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1264-1266

  Vukovic, Natasha ^a   Broderick, Neil G R ^a   Petrovich, Marco ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microstructured optical fibers (MOFs); Tapering error; Tapers

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER VARIATION; FIBER TAPER; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS (MOFS); NOVEL METHODS; OPTICAL FIBER TAPERS; OUTER DIAMETERS; REDUCTION OF ERRORS; STEP-INDEX FIBERS; TAPER LENGTH; TRACKING ERRORS;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 65249091976     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.926037     Document Type: Article

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