Enhanced and suppressed birefringence in fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1509-1515

  Pereira, S ^a   Sipe, J E ^a   Slusher, R E ^b   Spalter S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0012448971     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.001509     Document Type: Article

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