Thermal decay characteristics of strong fiber Bragg gratings showing high-temperature sustainability

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 430-438

  Shen, Yonghang ^a   He, Jinglei ^a   Qiu, Yanqing ^a   Zhao, Weizhong ^b   Chen, Shuying ^b   Sun, Tong ^b   Grattan, Kenneth T V ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CATION-HOPPING MODEL; CATION-ORIENTED TRAP DISTRIBUTION MODEL;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 34047134524     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.000430     Document Type: Article

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