Teflon-coated microfiber resonator with weak temperature dependence

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 22923-22928

  Chen, Ye ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Lu, Yan Qing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; RESONATORS; SILICA;

MICRO-FIBER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; THERMO-OPTIC COEFFICIENTS;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 80755180935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.022923     Document Type: Article

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