Optical network analysis and longitudinal structure characterization of fiber Bragg grating

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2435-2442

  Sandel, David ^a,c   Noé, Reinhold ^a,b,d,e   Heise, G ^b   Borchert, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Bragg scattering; Gratings; Inverse problems; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Scattering parameters measurement

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTERFEROMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0032295586     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.736631     Document Type: Article

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