Concurrent three-dimensional characterization of the refractive-index and residual-stress distributions in optical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 5442-5452

  Hutsel, Michael R ^a   Gaylord, Thomas K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL FIBERS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; EXPOSED TO; MEASUREMENT METHODS; QUANTITATIVE PHASE MICROSCOPIES; REFRACTIVE-INDEX DISTRIBUTION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84864538283     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.005442     Document Type: Article

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