Effect of UV-induced birefringence on long-period-grating coupling characteristics

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 416-417

  Duhem, O ^a   Douay, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LONG-PERIOD-GRATINGS (LPG);

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0033888272     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000329     Document Type: Article

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