Absence of UV-induced stress in Bragg gratings recorded by high-intensity 264 nm laser pulses in a hydrogenated standard telecom fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5610-5615

  Limberger, Hans G ^a   Ban, Christian ^a   Salathé, René P ^a   Slattery, Stephen A ^b   Nikogosyan, David N ^b,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLADDING; GLASS COMPACTION; HYDROGENATED FIBERS; INELASTIC STRAINS;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 34247876213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005610     Document Type: Article

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