Measurement of refractive index profiles variation along a fusion-splicing tapered optical fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7503, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wan, Meng Hsun ^a   Wang, Lon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Quantitative phase microscopy (QPM); Refractive index profiles; Tapered optical fiber

Indexed keywords

CLADDING DIAMETERS; DIAMETER RATIO; MEASUREMENT OF REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE; QUANTITATIVE PHASE MICROSCOPIES; QUANTITATIVE PHASE MICROSCOPY (QPM); REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILING; TAPERED FIBER; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBER; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 70449366611     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.835312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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