Photonic lanterns: A study of light propagation in multimode to single-mode converters

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8430-8439

  Leon Saval, Sergio G ^a   Argyros, Alexander ^a   Bland Hawthorn, Joss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM THEORY;

DIFFRACTION LIMITED; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION; KRONIG-PENNEY MODELS; LOW LOSS; MULTIMODE FIBRE; MULTIMODES; OPTICAL-FIBRE DEVICES; PHOTONIC FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SINGLE MODE; SINGLE-MODE SYSTEMS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 77950906578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008430     Document Type: Article

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