Mechanical strength characteristics of tincodoped germanosilicate fibre Bragg gratings by writing through UV-transparent coating

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1016-1017

  Imamura, K ^a   Nakai, T ^a   Moriura, K ^a   Sudo, Y ^a   Imada, Y ^a  

^a Mitsubishi Cable Industries Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; TIN-CODOPED GERMANOSILICATE FIBERS; ULTRAVIOLET TRANSPARENT COATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032072806     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980702     Document Type: Article

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