Bend insensitive design of large-mode-area microstructured optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2216-2222

  Chen, Ming Yang ^a   Zhang, Yong Kang ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bending loss; large mode area (LMA); microstructured fibers

Indexed keywords

BENDING LOSS; BENDING RADIUS; LARGE MODE AREA; LOW BENDING LOSS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; MODE AREA; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; SOLID CORE;

DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79960919404     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2158066     Document Type: Article

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