Highly Tunable Bragg Gratings in Single-Mode Polymer Optical Fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-354

  Xiong, Z ^a   Peng, G D ^a   Wu, B ^a   Chu, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bragg reflectors; Diffraction and gratings; Fiber materials; Polymer waveguide fibers; Polymers

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; BRAGG REFLECTORS; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS (POF);

LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033099903     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.748232     Document Type: Article

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