Apodization technique for fiber grating fabrication with a halftone transmission amplitude mask

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3670-3677

  Mihailov, Stephen J ^a   Bilodeau, François ^a   Hill, Kenneth O ^a   Johnson, Derwyn C ^a   Albert, Jacques ^a   Holmes, Andrew S ^b  

^a Department of Optoelectronic Technologies   (Canada)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MASKS; OPTICAL FILTERS; WAVEGUIDES;

APODIZATION;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0037924462     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003670     Document Type: Article

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