Alkaline oxide interface modifiers for silicon fiber production

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 651-657

  Nordstrand, Erlend F ^a   Dibbs, Andrew N ^a   Eraker, Andreas J ^a   Gibson, Ursula J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING LAYER; CORE DIAMETERS; INTERFACE MODIFIERS; LOW OXYGEN CONTENTS; OPTICAL APPLICATIONS; OXIDE INTERFACES; SILICA CLADDING; SILICON FIBERS;

OXYGEN; SILICON;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84880425504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000651     Document Type: Article

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