Single-step UV recording of sinusoidal surface gratings in hybrid solgel glasses

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 32, 1999, Pages 6744-6748

  Pelissier, S ^a,b   Blanc, D ^a,b   Andrews, M P ^b   Najafi, S I ^c,d   Tishchenko, A V ^e   Parriaux, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Lumenon Innov Lightwave T Inc   (Canada)

^e PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0001065997     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006744     Document Type: Article

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