Thermal decay of fiber bragg gratings written in boron and germanium codoped silica fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1470-1477

  Baker, Stephen R ^a,b,c   Rourke, Howard N ^a,d,e   Baker, Vernon ^a,f   Goodchild, Darren ^a,f  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTEL Technology's ^*

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Gratings; Optical communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Photorefractive material devices

Indexed keywords

BORON; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GERMANIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBG);

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031209886     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.618379     Document Type: Article

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