Mode-field expansion in photonic crystal fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 25, 2011, Pages

  Xi, Xiaoming ^a   Chen, Zilun ^a   Sun, Guilin ^a,b   Hou, Jing ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NAVAL AERONAUTICAL AND ASTRONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

AIR HOLES; AIR-HOLE COLLAPSE; MODE FIELD DIAMETER; MODE FIELDS; NOVEL METHODS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 80052379501     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000E50     Document Type: Article

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