Optical intensity induced shutter in photochromic-doped sol-gel gel-glass waveguides

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 780-788

  Matías, Ignacio R ^b,d,e,f,g   López Amo, Manuel ^a,b,d,h,i,j   Fiksman, Gennady ^c,d,k,l   Datta, Partha ^c,d,m   Otón, José Manuel ^c,d,n  

^a IEEE

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Alcatel SESA Research Center   (Spain)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁱ MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^j UPM   (United Kingdom)

^k Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^l VERIZON   (United States)

^m SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

ⁿ GTE Laboratories ^*

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Author keywords

Fiber optic shutter; Optical fiber devices; Photochromic materials; Sol gel process

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOCHROMISM; SOL-GELS;

EXTRINSIC FIBER OPTIC INTENSITY INDUCED SHUTTER (EFIS); OPTICAL TUNABILITY;

OPTICAL SHUTTERS;

EID: 0031153274     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.640632     Document Type: Article

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