Physical observation of single step UV-written integrated planar Bragg structures and their application as a refractive-index sensor

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5042-5045

  Emmerson, Gregory D ^a,b   Gawith, Corin B E ^a   Sparrow, Ian J G ^a   Williams, Richard B ^a,b   Smith, Peter G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Stratophase Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ETCHING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GRATING STRUCTURE; PLANAR BRAGG STRUCTURES; REFRACTIVE-INDEX SENSORS; WET ETCH PROCESS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 25444517074     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.005042     Document Type: Article

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