Measurement of Index Modulation along Fiber Bragg Gratings by Side Scattering and Local Heating Techniques

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-132

  Roussel, Nicolas ^a   Magne, Sylvain ^a   Martinez, Christophe ^a   Ferdinand, Pierre ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; index modulation; local heating; side scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000312504     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.1998.0277     Document Type: Article

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