Reducing the size of hollow terahertz waveguides

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-103

  Wu, David S ^a   Argyros, Alexander ^a   Leon Saval, Sergio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hollow waveguides; microstructured optical fibers; terahertz waveguides

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

CAPILLARY STRUCTURES; HOLLOW CORE OPTICAL FIBERS; HOLLOW CORES; HOLLOW WAVEGUIDES; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; STRUCTURE SIZES; TERAHERTZ WAVEGUIDES; TRANSMISSION WINDOW;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 78651344715     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2093121     Document Type: Article

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