AU2002212556A1 - Dispersion tailoring in optical fibres - Google Patents

Dispersion tailoring in optical fibres

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AU2002212556A1
AU2002212556A1 AU2002212556A AU1255602A AU2002212556A1 AU 2002212556 A1 AU2002212556 A1 AU 2002212556A1 AU 2002212556 A AU2002212556 A AU 2002212556A AU 1255602 A AU1255602 A AU 1255602A AU 2002212556 A1 AU2002212556 A1 AU 2002212556A1
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optical fibres
dispersion tailoring
tailoring
dispersion
fibres
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Tanya Mary Monro
David John Richardson
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University of Southampton
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    • G02B6/105—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type having optical polarisation effects
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    • G02B6/02295—Microstructured optical fibre
    • G02B6/02314—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes
    • G02B6/02342—Plurality of longitudinal structures extending along optical fibre axis, e.g. holes characterised by cladding features, i.e. light confining region
    • G02B6/02347—Longitudinal structures arranged to form a regular periodic lattice, e.g. triangular, square, honeycomb unit cell repeated throughout cladding
    • G02B6/02352—Complex periodic lattices or multiple interpenetrating periodic lattices, e.g. unit cell having more than two materials, partially internally coated holes, for multiple bandgaps

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
AU2002212556A 2000-11-09 2001-11-09 Dispersion tailoring in optical fibres Abandoned AU2002212556A1 (en)

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GBGB0027399.5A GB0027399D0 (en) 2000-11-09 2000-11-09 Dispersion tailoring using holey optical fibres
GB0027399 2000-11-09
PCT/GB2001/004987 WO2002039161A1 (fr) 2000-11-09 2001-11-09 Realisation d'une dispersion sur mesure dans des fibres optiques

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EP (1) EP1334387A1 (fr)
AU (1) AU2002212556A1 (fr)
GB (1) GB0027399D0 (fr)
WO (1) WO2002039161A1 (fr)

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