Selectively liquid-filled photonic crystal fibers for optical devices

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 8729-8734

  Yu, Chin Ping ^a   Liou, Jia Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

(060.2280) fiber design and fabrication; (060.5295) photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBERS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

AIR HOLES; CONFINEMENT LOSS; FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; LIGHT FIELDS; LIQUID-FILLED PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SINGLE MODE OPERATION;

HOLEY FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 66449122183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008729     Document Type: Article

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