Thermal response of Bragg gratings in PMMA microstructured optical fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 8844-8850

  Carroll, Karen E ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Kalli, Kyriacos ^b   Argyros, Alexander ^c   Large, Maryanne C J ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

GRATING WAVELENGTH; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34547161912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.008844     Document Type: Article

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