Microstructuring of optical fibers using a femtosecond laser

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-36

  Sohn, Ik Bu ^a   Kim, Youngseop ^a   Noh, Young Chul ^a   Ryu, Jin Chang ^b   Kim, Jin Tae ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Microstructuring; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849093853     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.1.033     Document Type: Article

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