Optimization of apodized linearly chirped fiber gratings for optical communications

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 770-778

  Ennser, Karin ^a,b,c   Zervas, Mikhail N ^a   Laming, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032073139     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.668763     Document Type: Article

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