Fiber Bragg grating inscription by high-intensity femtosecond UV laser light: Comparison with other existing methods of fabrication

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 354-361

  Slattery, Stephen A ^a   Nikogosyan, David N ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HIGH INTENSITY FEMTOSECOND LASER LIGHT; PHASE MASK TECHNIQUE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENT; THERMAL DECAY; TWO QUANTUM PHOTOREACTIONS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 15044356826     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000354     Document Type: Article

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