Shaping the radiation field of tilted fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 962-974

  Walker, Robert B ^a   Mihailov, Stephen J ^a   Lu, Ping ^a   Grobnic, Dan ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIMETERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; VECTORS;

FIBER POLARIMETERS; GAIN FLATTENING FILTER; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS COMPENSATOR; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; VOLUME CURRENT METHOD;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 20544466928     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000962     Document Type: Review

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