UV-exposed Bragg gratings for laser applications in silver-sodium ion-exchanged phosphate glass waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2898-2903

  Yliniemi, Sanna ^a   Albert, Jacques ^b   Wang, Qing ^c   Honkanen, Seppo ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; PHOSPHATES; SILVER COMPOUNDS; WAVEGUIDES;

HYBRID PHOSPHATE GLASS; ION-EXCHANGED; QUASI-TE AND -TM POLARIZATIONS; SILVER-SODIUM ION-EXCHANGE; WAVELENGTH;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 33645526665     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002898     Document Type: Article

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