UV lamp hypersensitisation of hydrogen-loaded optical fibres

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1585-1589

  Canagasabey, Albert ^a,b   Canning, John ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HYDROGEN; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS;

ALL-OPTICAL DEVICES; HYPERSENSITIZATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; POLYMER COATINGS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 2142840375     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001585     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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2. J. Canning, "Contemporary Thoughts on Glass Photosensitivity and their Practical Application," Materials Forum 25, 60-87, (2001)
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5. J. Canning, P-F. Hu, "Low temperature hypersensitisation of phosphosilicate waveguides in hydrogen", Opt. Lett. 26, 1230-1232, (2001)
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7. A. Canagasabey, J. Canning, N. Groothoff, "355nm hypersensitisation of optical fibres," Opt Lett. In press.