Photonic lantern spectral filters in multi-core fibre

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 13996-14008

  Birks, T A ^a   Mangan, B J ^a   Diez A ^b   Cruz, J L ^b   Murphy, D F ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

MODE SCRAMBLERS; MULTI CORE; MULTIMODES; SINGLE MODE; SPECTRAL FILTERS; TAPERED STRUCTURE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84863739032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.013996     Document Type: Article

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