All-fiber noninterferometric narrow-transmission-bandpass filter

D Sáez-Rodríguez1, J L Cruz, A Díez

  • 1Departament de Física Aplicada i electromagnetisme and Institut Universitari de Ciència dels Materials, Universitat de València, Carrer Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot E-46100, Spain. d.saez‑rodriguez@aston.ac.uk

Optics Letters
|October 18, 2012
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