Low loss graded index polymer optical fiber with high stability under damp heat conditions

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12893-12898

  Makino, Kenji ^a   Kado, Takahiro ^a   Inoue, Azusa ^a   Koike, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ESTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DAMP HEAT; GRADED-INDEX POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; HIGH STABILITY; HIGH-REFRACTIVE INDEX DOPANTS; LONG TERM STABILITY; METHYL METHACRYLATES; PENTAFLUOROPHENYL METHACRYLATE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84863737695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012893     Document Type: Article

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