Instrumentation for Simultaneous Non-Destructive Profiling of Refractive Index and Rare-Earth-Ion Distributions in Optical Fiber Preforms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Refractive Index Profiling: Principle of Operation
2.2. Active Dopant Distribution Profiling: Principle of Operation
3. Results
3.1. Refractive Index Profiling
3.2. Active-Dopant Distribution Profiling
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Vivona, M.; Zervas, M.N. Instrumentation for Simultaneous Non-Destructive Profiling of Refractive Index and Rare-Earth-Ion Distributions in Optical Fiber Preforms. Instruments 2018, 2, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments2040023
Vivona M, Zervas MN. Instrumentation for Simultaneous Non-Destructive Profiling of Refractive Index and Rare-Earth-Ion Distributions in Optical Fiber Preforms. Instruments. 2018; 2(4):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments2040023
Chicago/Turabian StyleVivona, Marilena, and Michalis N. Zervas. 2018. "Instrumentation for Simultaneous Non-Destructive Profiling of Refractive Index and Rare-Earth-Ion Distributions in Optical Fiber Preforms" Instruments 2, no. 4: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments2040023