Large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber with double lattice constant structure and low bending loss

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 22628-22636

  Napierala, Marek ^a,c   Nasilowski, Tomasz ^b   Beres Pawlik, Elzbieta ^c   Mergo, Pawel ^d   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

BENDING LOSS; FIBER DESIGN; FUNDAMENTAL MODES; GUIDING PROPERTIES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; LARGE MODE AREA; LARGE-MODE-AREA PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; LATTICE STRUCTURES; LOW BENDING LOSS; SHORT PULSE; SINGLE MODE OPERATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 80755127070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022628     Document Type: Article

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