A fundamental study into the surface functionalization of soft glass microstructured optical fibers via silane coupling agents

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 576-582

  Debs, John E ^a,b   Ebendorff Heidepriem, Heike ^c   Quinton, Jamie S ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microstructured fibers; Soft glass; Surface functionalization

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION KINETICS; BIO-PHOTONICS; CHEMICAL FIBERS; FIBER GLASS; FILL RATES; FUNCTIONALIZATION; FUNCTIONALIZED; INTERNAL SURFACES; LEAD-SILICATE GLASS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; POSITIVE TESTS; SAMS; SILANE COUPLING AGENTS; SOFT GLASS; SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ADSORPTION; COUPLING AGENTS; GLASS FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SILANES; SILICATES;

FIBERS;

EID: 65649095593     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2004884     Document Type: Article

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