Transverse anderson localization in a disordered glass optical fiber

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1496-1503

  Karbasi, Salman ^a   Hawkins, Thomas ^b   Ballato, John ^b   Koch, Karl W ^c   Mafi, Arash ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSON LOCALIZATION; DISORDERED MEDIUM; GLASS OPTICAL FIBERS; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84870370495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.001496     Document Type: Article

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