Long-period fiber grating fabrication by high-intensity femtosecond pulses at 211 nm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2568-2578

  Kalachev, Alexey I ^a,b   Nikogosyan, David Niko ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser excitation; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber filters; Ultraviolet radiation effects

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; QUANTUM THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FIBER GRATING FABRICATION; HIGH-INTENSITY FEMTOSECOND PULSES; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EFFECTS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 24744438414     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.851335     Document Type: Article

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