Bend-insensitive ultra short long-period gratings by the electric arc method and their applications to harsh environment sensing and communication

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 731-737

  Nam, Sung Hyun ^a   Zhan, Chun ^a   Lee, Jon ^a,b   Hahn, Corey ^a   Reichard, Karl ^b   Ruffin, Paul ^c   Deng, Kung Li ^d   Yin, Shizhuo ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b School of Architecture   (United States)

^c US Army Aviat Missile C ^*  (United States)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRIC ARC METHOD; ENVIRONMENT SENSING; FIBER HOLDERS; LONG-PERIOD GRATING (LPG);

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 14744298008     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000731     Document Type: Article

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