Transmission and sensing characteristics of the biconically tapered cladded multimode fibers

Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-239

  Kim, Kwang Taek ^a   Hong, Ki Bum ^a   Park, Jaehee ^b  

^a Honam University   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method; Fiber optic refractive index sensor; Multimode fiber taper

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849113240     PISSN: 12264776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3807/JOSK.2009.13.2.234     Document Type: Article

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