Bending and orientational characteristics of long period gratings written in D-shaped optical fiber

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-135

  Allsop, T ^a   Gillooly, A ^a   Mezentsev, V ^a   Earthgrowl Gould, T ^a   Neal, R ^b   Webb, D J ^a   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature measurement; D shaped optical fiber; Long period fiber gratings; Optical fiber devices; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; GRATING DEVICES; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0742268994     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.821508     Document Type: Article

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