Extremely large mode area optical fibers formed by thermal stress

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 11782-11793

  Fu, Libin ^a   McKay, Hugh A ^a   Dong, Liang ^a  

^a IMRA AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

(060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.2430) Fibers, single mode; (190.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL STRESS;

EFFECTIVE MODE AREAS; FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; FIBERS , SINGLE MODE; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; NONLINEAR OPTICS , FIBERS; NUMERICAL APERTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX DIFFERENCES; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER;

FIBERS;

FLUORINE; GLASS FIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FREEZING; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FLUORINE; FREEZING; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67650538984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011782     Document Type: Article

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