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Q J Med 2003; 96: 783
© 2003 Association of Physicians

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Scanning near-field image of the wave front at the end of a holey fibre

Jeremy Frey

Department of Chemistry University of Southampton

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Glass fibres as thin as a human hair now carry most of our long-distance telephone calls. To squeeze even more information down a fibre, new types have been developed that have holes with nothing but air inside . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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