Fabrication of antireflection subwavelength gratings at the tips of optical fibers using UV nanoimprint lithography

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 322-328

  Kanamori, Yoshiaki ^a   Okochi, Masaaki ^a   Hane, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ANTIREFLECTION; LOW COSTS; LOW-NOISE APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING; UV NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; UV-NANOIMPRINT;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 84872717459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000322     Document Type: Article

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