Characterisation of the effects of different lasers on the tensile strength of fibres during laser writing of fibre Bragg gratings

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4876, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 321-329

  Barber, David A ^a   Rizvi, Nadeem H ^a  

^a Exitech Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FBGs; Fibre strengths; Lasers

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; ILLUMINATION METERS; LASER RESONATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

LASER WRITINGS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0042731930     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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