Early index growth in germanosilicate fiber upon exposure to continuous-wave ultraviolet light

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1034-1044

  Miller, Gary A ^a   Askins, Charles G ^a   Cranch, Geoffrey A ^a,b   Friebele, E Joseph ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound growth rule; F matrix; Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Fiber optics; Nonlinear index growth surface; Nonsinusoidal modulations; Ultraviolet (UV) fringeless exposure

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GERMANOSILICATE FIBER; NONLINEAR INDEX-GROWTH SURFACE; ULTRAVIOLET FRINGELESS EXPOSURE;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 34247613437     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.891972     Document Type: Article

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