Spatial characterization of strong fiber Bragg gratings using thermal chirp and optical-frequency-domain reflectometry

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 909-914

  Waagaard, Ole Henrik ^a,b  

^a Optoplan AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback fiber lasers (DFB FLs); Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Grating reconstruction; Layer peeling; Optical frequency domain reflectometry; Spatial characterization; Thermal chirp

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GRATING RECONSTRUCTION; LAYER PEELING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; THERMAL CHIRP;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 15744381027     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.838868     Document Type: Article

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