On loss in silicon core optical fibers

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1511-1519

  Morris, S ^a   Hawkins, T ^a   Foy, P ^a   Hudson, J ^b   Zhu, L ^a   Stolen, R ^a   Rice, R ^c   Ballato, J ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dreamcatchers Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; POTENTIAL UTILITY; POWER DELIVERY; SCATTERING SOURCE; SILICON CORES; SINGLE- AND POLY-CRYSTALLINE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SILICON;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84870364151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001511     Document Type: Article

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