F2-laser photosensitivity applications in germanosilicate fiber and planar waveguides

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4640, Issue , 2002, Pages 158-169

  Chen, Kevin P ^a   Herman, Peter R ^a   Coric, Dragan ^a   Li, Jianzhao ^a   Wei, Midori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; F2 laser; Laser trimming; Long period gratings; Photonics fabrication; Photosensitivity; Photosensitivity locking; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICATES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GERMANOSILICATE FIBER; LASER PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLANAR OPTICAL CIRCUITS; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036028478     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.433297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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