Densification involved in the UV-based photosensitivity of silica glasses and optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1329-1342

  Douay, M ^a   Xie, W X ^a   Taunay, T ^a   Bernage, P ^a   Niay, P ^a   Cordier, P ^b   Poumellec, B ^c   Dong, L ^d   Bayon, J F ^e   Poignant, H ^e   Delevaque, E ^e  

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

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DENSIFICATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FUSED SILICA; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BRAGG GRATINGS; PHOTOELASTIC DENSIFICATION MODEL;

PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASS;

EID: 0031211935     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.618334     Document Type: Article

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