文档介绍：Fiber Optics
Fedor Mitschke
Fiber Optics
Physics and Technology
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Prof. Dr. Fedor Mitschke
Universitat¨ Rostock
Institut fur¨ Physik
Universitatsplatz¨ 3
18055 Rostock
Germany
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ISBN 978-3-642-03702-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03703-0
DOI -3-642-03703-0
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