Rethinking optical fiber: New demands, old glasses

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2675-2692

  Ballato, John ^a   Dragic, Peter ^b  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE CHALLENGES; GLASS SCIENCE; IS-ENABLED; MOLTEN CORE; PERIODIC TABLE;

GLASS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84884285385     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12516     Document Type: Article

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