Multichannel wavelength-division multiplexing with thermally fixed Bragg gratings in photorefractive lithium niobate crystals

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1593-1602

  Nee, Ingo ^a   Beyer, Oliver ^a   Müller, Manfred ^a   Buse, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; POWER TRANSMISSION; RADIO INTERFERENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0042922775     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001593     Document Type: Article

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