Longitudinally-graded optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 17393-17401

  Evert, A ^a   James, A ^a   Hawkins, T ^a   Foy, P ^a   Stolen, R ^a   Dragic, P ^b   Dong, L ^a   Rice, R ^c   Ballato, J ^a,b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Dreamcatchers Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

BRILLOUIN GAIN; FIBER-BASED DEVICE; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; LONGITUDINAL OPTICAL; NUMERICAL APERTURE;

FIBERS;

EID: 84864591378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.017393     Document Type: Article

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