Circular and elliptical birefringence in spun microstructured optical fibres

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 15983-15990

  Argyros, Alexander ^a   Pla, Jarryd ^a,b   Ladouceur, François ^b   Poladian, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CIRCULAR BIREFRINGENCE; HELICAL-PATH; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBRES;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 69949092100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.015983     Document Type: Article

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