Squeezed lattice elliptical-hole terahertz fiber with high birefringence

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3943-3947

  Chen, Haibin ^a,b   Chen, Daru ^b   Hong, Zhi ^a  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DEFORMATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

ELLIPTICAL HOLES; FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; LINEAR DEFORMATIONS; MATERIAL ABSORPTION; POROUS FIBERS; TERAHERTZ; THZ FREQUENCIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 67749099541     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.003943     Document Type: Article

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