Double-clad fiber with a tapered end for confocal endomicroscopy

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2961-2972

  Lemire Renaud, Simon ^a,b   Strupler, Mathias ^a,c   Benboujja, Fouzi ^a,c   Godbout, Nicolas ^a,b   Boudoux, Caroline ^a,b,c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECKLE;

DIFFUSE LIGHT; DOUBLE CLAD FIBERS; DOUBLE-CLAD; ILLUMINATION LIGHT; INNER CLADDING MODE; OPTICAL SECTIONING; SIGNAL COLLECTION; SINGLE MODE; SM FIBERS; TAPERED FIBER;

FIBERS;

EID: 84865816197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.2.002961     Document Type: Article

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