Local characterization of fiber-Bragg gratings through combined use of low-coherence interferometry and a layer-peeling algorithm

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 728-735

  Chapeleau, Xavier ^a   Leduc, Dominique ^a   Lupi, Cyril ^a   Lopez Gejo, Francisco ^b   Douay, Marc ^b   Le Ny, Roger ^a   Boisrobert, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHIRPED GRATINGS; LAYER PEELING ALGORITHM; LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; MODULATION AMPLITUDE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33645016581     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.000728     Document Type: Article

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