Bending characteristics of fiber long-period gratings with cladding index modified by femtosecond laser

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3147-3154

  Allsop, T ^a   Dubov, M ^a   Martinez, A ^a   Floreani, F ^a   Khrushchev, I ^a   Webb, D J ^a   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature measurement; Long period fiber gratings; Polarization dependence

Indexed keywords

LASER OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; FEMTOSECOND LASER; LONG-PERIOD FIBER GRATINGS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33747618732     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.878037     Document Type: Article

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