A low-loss photonic silica nanofiber for higher-order modes

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 18325-18335

  Ravets, S ^a,b   Hoffman, J E ^a   Orozco, L A ^a   Rolston, S L ^a   Beadie, G ^c   Fatemi, F K ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HIGH TRANSMISSION; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; NANOSCALE DEVICE; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SILICA NANOFIBERS; SUBWAVELENGTH SCALE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

NANOFIBERS;

NANOFIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84880957545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.018325     Document Type: Article

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