Cleaving of extremely porous polymer fibers

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Atakaramians, S ^a   Cook, K ^b   Ebendorff Heidepriem, H ^a   Afshar V , S ^a   Canning, J ^b   Abbott, D ^a   Monro, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Subwavelength structures; Terahertz; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

DICING SAW; FIBER CROSS SECTION; POLYMER MATERIALS; POROUS FIBERS; POROUS POLYMERS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ WAVEGUIDES; ULTRAVIOLET LASER;

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBERS; GAS LASERS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WAVEGUIDES;

ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

EID: 77953114597     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2038796     Document Type: Article

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