Characterization of nanoscale features in tapered fractal and photonic crystal fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1860-1865

  Rollinson, C M ^a   Huntington, S T ^a   Gibson, B C ^a   Rubanov, S ^b   Canning, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; FRACTALS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

AIR HOLES; FIBER STRUCTURES; HOLE DIAMETER; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSCALE FEATURES; OUTER DIAMETERS; PHYSICAL LIMITS; QUASI-PERIODIC; SILICA FIBERS;

HOLEY FIBERS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FRACTALS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 79851482195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.001860     Document Type: Article

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