THz propagation in kagome hollow-core microstructured fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18470-18478

  Anthony, Jessienta ^a   Leonhardt, Rainer ^a   Leon Saval, Sergio G ^b   Argyros, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS;

BROAD FREQUENCY RANGE; FIBER MATERIALS; FREQUENCY BAND WIDTH; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HOLLOW CORE FIBER; HOLLOW-CORE; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; SINGLE MODE; TERAHERTZ; THZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; THZ-TDS;

TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80052705020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018470     Document Type: Article

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