Tapered fibers embedded in silica aerogel

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2724-2726

  Xiao, Limin ^a   Grogan, Michael D W ^a   Leon Saval, Sergio G ^a,b   Williams, Rhys ^c   England, Richard ^c   Wadsworth, Willam J ^a   Birks, Tim A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICA; SILICA GEL;

FIBER DEVICES; LOW-LOSS; SILICA AEROGELS; TAPERED FIBER;

AEROGELS;

EID: 70349202691     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.002724     Document Type: Article

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