Diffraction of optical communication Gaussian beams by volume gratings: Comparison of simulations and experimental results

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3854-3865

  Boffi, Pierpaolo ^a   Osmond, Johann ^a   Piccinin, Davide ^a   Ubaldi, Maria Chiara ^a   Martinelli, Mario ^a,b  

^a CoreCom ^*  (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

BEAM PROPAGATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE CRYSTALS; VOLUME GRATINGS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 3142529146     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003854     Document Type: Article

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