Narrow-band rejection filters with negligible backreflection using tilted photoinduced gratings in single-mode fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 690-692

  Haggans, Charles W ^a   Singh, Harmeet ^a   Varner, Wayne F ^a   Li, Yaowen ^a   Zippin, Mark ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg scattering; Gratings; Optical fiber cladding; Optical fiber filters; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

PHOTOINDUCED BRAGG GRATINGS; PHOTOSENSITIVE CLADDING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS (SMF);

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0032073066     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.669268     Document Type: Article

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