Suppression of the cladding mode interference in cascaded long period fiber gratings with liquid crystal claddings

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 413, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kim, Hak Rin ^a   Kim, Yonghyun ^a   Jeong, Yoonchan ^a   Baek, Seungin ^a   Lee, Yong Wook ^a   Lee, Byoungho ^a   Lee, Sin Doo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cascaded long period fiber gratings; Interference; Liquid crystal cladding; Radiation mode coupling; Tunability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLADDING (COATING); DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; TUNING;

CASCADED LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATINGS; LIQUID CRYSTAL CLADDING; RADIATION MODE COUPLING; TUNABILITY;

LIGHT INTERFERENCE;

EID: 12844267540     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400490438898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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