On the scalability of ring fiber designs for OAM multiplexing

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 3721-3730

  Ramachandran, S ^a   Gregg, P ^a   Kristensen, P ^b   Golowich, S E ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b OFS   (Denmark)

^c MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCALABILITY; WAVEGUIDES;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SHIFTS; ENHANCED STABILITY; FIBER COMMUNICATIONS; FIBER DESIGN; FREE SPACES; ITS APPLICATIONS; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; WAVEGUIDE BOUNDARIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84922809675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.003721     Document Type: Article

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