Accurate cross-sectional stress profiling of optical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 4985-4995

  Hutsel, Michael R ^a   Ingle, Reeve ^a   Gaylord, Thomas K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LASER RADIATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRESS RELAXATION;

END FACES; EXPOSED TO; FIBER-BASED DEVICE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPES; STRESS INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; STRESS PROFILING; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

FIBERS;

EID: 70349495385     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.004985     Document Type: Article

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