Detailed investigation of the impact of the fiber design parameters on the transverse Anderson localization of light in disordered optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 18692-18706

  Karbasi, Salman ^a   Mirr, Craig R ^a   Fraizer, Ryan J ^a   Yarandi, Parisa Gandomkar ^a   Koch, Karl W ^b   Mafi, Arash ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b Optical Physics and Networks Technology Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; AVERAGE SIZE; BEAM RADIUS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FIBER DESIGN PARAMETERS; HOST MEDIUMS; LOCALIZED BEAMS; OPTIMUM VALUE; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84865588829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.018692     Document Type: Article

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