Tellurite photonic nanostructured fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1018-1025

  Liao, Meisong ^a   Yan, Xin ^a   Duan, Zhongchao ^a   Suzuki, Takenobu ^a   Ohishi, Yasutake ^a  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanotechnology; nonlinear optics; optical fiber fabrication

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DISTORTION DEGREE; DISTORTION FACTOR; FABRICATION PROCESS; HOLE SIZE; INFLATION METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NANOSTRUCTURE FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; NONUNIFORMITY; SILICA GLASS; SOFT GLASS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATIONS;

FIBERS; GLASS; INERT GASES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PREFORMING; SILICA; SURFACE TENSION;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 79953041834     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2111415     Document Type: Article

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