Influence of blanket postexposure on the thermal stability of the spectral characteristics of gratings written in a telecommunication fiber using light at 193 nm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1078-1083

  Wang, Qinglin ^a   Hidayat, Arif ^a   Niay, Pierre ^a   Douay, Marc ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BLANKET POSTEXPOSURE; BRAGG GRATINGS; GRATING DECAY ANALYSIS; ISOTHERMAL ACCELERATED AGING METHOD; THERMAL RELIABILITY;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0034248377     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.857753     Document Type: Article

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