Excitation of core modes through side coupling to multimode optical fiber by hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods for wide angle optical reception

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2232-2238

  Fallah, Hoorieh ^a   Harun, Sulaiman W ^a   Mohammed, Waleed S ^b   Dutta, Joydeep ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b BANGKOK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANORODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RECEIVERS;

ANGULAR RESPONSE; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; LIGHT COUPLING EFFICIENCY; MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEMS; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84906871326     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.31.002232     Document Type: Article

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