Asymmetric transverse-load characteristics and polarization dependence of long-period fiber gratings written by a focused CO2 laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3079-3086

  Wang, Yiping ^a,b   Wang, Dong Ning ^a   Jin, Wei ^a   Rao, Yunjiang ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LASER PULSES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

ASYMMETRIC TRANSVERSE LOAD CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL PRINCIPAL AXES; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; RESONANT WAVELENGTH;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 34547277431     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003079     Document Type: Article

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