Isochronal annealing of BG written either H2-loaded, UV hypersensitized or in OH-flooded standard telecommunication fibers using ArF laser

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1376-1387

  Lancry, Matthieu ^a,b   Niay, Pierre ^c   Douay, Marc ^c   Depecker, Christophe ^d   Cordier, Patrick ^d   Poumellec, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Draka Comteq France SAS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

ArF excimer laser; Bragg grating (BG); OH flooding; Optical fiber; Photosensitivity locking

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANNEALING; EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

EXCIMER LASER; INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ISOCHRONAL ANNEALING; PHOTOSENSITIVITY LOCKING; TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33645004151     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863287     Document Type: Article

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