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Photonic crystal fibers, devices, and applications

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This paper reviews different types of air-silica photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), discusses their novel properties, and reports recent advances in PCF components and sensors as well as techniques for splicing PCFs to standard telecomm fibers.

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Jin, W., Ju, J., Ho, H.L. et al. Photonic crystal fibers, devices, and applications. Front. Optoelectron. 6, 3–24 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-012-0301-y

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