Ultralow loss single-mode silica tapers manufactured by a microheater

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2441-2445

  Ding, Lu ^a   Belacel, Cherif ^a   Ducci, Sara ^a   Leo, Giuseppe ^a   Favero, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION;

DEGREE OF CONTROL; EVANESCENT COUPLING; FABRICATION METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SINGLE-MODE REGIME; SPATIAL SELECTIVITY; TAPER PROFILES; THERMOELECTRIC HEATERS;

SILICA;

EID: 77955952878     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002441     Document Type: Article

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