Polarization properties of long-period gratings prepared by high-intensity femtosecond 352-nm pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2346-2348

  Caucheteur, Christophe ^a   Fotiadi, Andrei ^a   Mégret, Patrice ^a   Slattery, S A ^b   Nikogosyan, D N ^b  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Gratings; Laser excitation; Neodimiun: glass lasers; Optical fiber devices; Optical polarization

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

LASER EXCITATION; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 27744507623     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.857576     Document Type: Article

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