Increasing fiber photosensitivity to near-UV radiation by rare earth doping

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 938-940

  Blows, Justin L ^a   Hambley, Philip ^a   Poladian, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bragg scattering; Gratings; Optical fiber filters; Photochromism; Photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOCHROMISM; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RARE EARTHS; SOLID STATE LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

RARE EARTH DOPING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0036648286     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.1012391     Document Type: Article

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