Comparison of isochronal and isothermal decays of Bragg gratings written through continuous-wave exposure of an unloaded germanosilicate fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1924-1933

  Razafimahatratra, Dominique ^a   Niay, Pierre ^a   Douay, Marc ^a   Poumellec, Bertrand ^b   Riant, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ISOTHERMAL DECAYS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0000574999     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001924     Document Type: Article

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