Bend-induced changes in group delay and comparison with S2 mode-content measurements

2009 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and 2009 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, CLEO/QELS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fini, John M ^a   Nicholson, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON OPTICS;

CONTENT MEASUREMENTS; QUALITATIVE CHANGES; RELATIVE INDICES;

GROUP DELAY;

EID: 71049141342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/cleo.2009.cwd5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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