Low thermal sensitivity grating devices based on ex-45° tilting structure capable of forward-propagating cladding modes coupling

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5087-5094

  Zhou, Kaiming ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Bennion, Ian ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled mode analysis optical biosensors; Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Optical fiber radiation effects; Optical gratings

Indexed keywords

LASER MODES; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FORWARD-PROPAGATING CLADDING MODES; OPTICAL BIOSENSORS; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; TILT ANGLE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33847657890     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.884985     Document Type: Article

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