Thermal decay of fiber Bragg gratings of positive and negative index changes formed at 193 nm in a boron-codoped germanosilicate fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 31, 1997, Pages 8222-8226

  Dong, L ^a   Liu, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decay of gratings; Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SEMICONDUCTING BORON;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER PHOTOSENSITIVITY; THERMAL DECAY;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0031281007     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008222     Document Type: Article

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