Mode transition in high refractive index coated long period gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-34

  Cusano, A ^a   Iadicicco, A ^a   Pilla, P ^a   Contessa, L ^a   Campopiano, S ^a   Cutolo, A ^a   Giordano, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CLADDING (COATING); OPTICAL ENGINEERING; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATION BANDS; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX (HRI); LONG PERIOD GRATINGS (LPG); SURROUNDING MEDIUM REFRACTIVE INDEX (SRI);

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 30344446935     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.14.000019     Document Type: Article

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