Recording of type IIA gratings in B-Ge codoped optical fibres using 248nm femtosecond and picosecond laser radiation

2006 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 183-186

  Pissadakis, Stavros ^a   Konstantaki, Maria ^a   Violakis, Georgios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EXCIMER LASERS; GERMANIUM; LASER RADIATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ENERGY DENSITY; NEGATIVE INDEX GRATINGS; THERMAL ANNEALING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34250645219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2006.248270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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