Long-term thermal stability tests at 1000 °C of silica fibre Bragg gratings made with ultrafast laser radiation

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1009-1013

  Grobnic, D ^a   Smelser, C W ^a   Mihailov, S J ^a   Walker, R B ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg grating sensors; High temperature sensors; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HYSTERESIS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFLECTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CYCLING EXPERIMENTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SENSORS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ANNEALING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HYSTERESIS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFLECTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

EID: 33646178540     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/5/S12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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