Observations of changes in uv absorption bands of singlemode germanosilicate core optical fibres on writing and thermally erasing refractive index gratings

Electronics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 1992, Pages 1743-1744

  Atkins, R M ^a   Mizrahi, V ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GERMANOSILICATE CORE FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX GRATINGS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; THERMAL ERASING; UV TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0026907797     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19921108     Document Type: Article

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