Measuring higher-order modes in a low-loss, hollow-core, photonic-bandgap fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 20494-20505

  Nicholson, J W ^a   Meng, L ^a   Fini, J M ^a   Windeler, R S ^a   DeSantolo, A ^a   Monberg, E ^a   DiMarcello, F ^a   Dulashko, Y ^a   Hassan, M ^a   Ortiz, R ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTICS; GROUP DELAY; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

COIL DIAMETER; DISCRETE MODE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HIGHER-ORDER-MODE; HOLLOW CORE FIBER; HOLLOW-CORE; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; RELATIVE ORIENTATION; SLIDING-WINDOW; SURFACE MODES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84865755927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.020494     Document Type: Article

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