Sub-second mode measurement of fibers using C2imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 23043-23056

  Demas, Jeff ^a   Ramachandran, Siddharth ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GROUP DELAY; OPTICAL FIBERS;

APODIZATION FUNCTION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CORRELATED IMAGING; EFFECTIVE BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MODAL DISCRIMINATION; SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

GLASS FIBER;

DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84907494297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.023043     Document Type: Article

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