Analysis of cladding-mode couplings for a lensed fiber integrated with a long-period fiber grating by use of the beam-propagation method

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 31, 2002, Pages 6576-6584

  Su, Wen Yueh ^a   Chern, Gia Wei ^a   Wang, Lon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OSCILLATIONS;

CLADDING-MODE COUPLINGS;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0036848657     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.006576     Document Type: Article

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