Fabrication of extruded fluoroindate optical fibers

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 318-328

  Bei, Jiafang ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a   Hemming, Alexander ^b   Ebendorff Heidepriem, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM BIFLUORIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION STABILITY; EXTRUSION TECHNIQUES; FLUOROINDATE GLASS; MELTING CONDITIONS; PREFORM FABRICATION; SCATTERING CENTERS; TRANSMITTING FIBERS;

EXTRUSION; FIBERS; GLASS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PREFORMING;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 84875790007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000318     Document Type: Article

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