Refractive-index changes of standard telecommunication fiber through exposure to femtosecond laser pulses at 810 cm

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3506-3508

  Fertein, Eric ^a   Przygodzki, Christophe ^a   Delbarre, Hervé ^a   Hidayat, Arif ^b   Douay, Marc ^b   Niay, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER PULSES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS;

OPTICAL CABLES;

EID: 0005787270     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003506     Document Type: Article

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