Nanosecond switching of fiber Bragg gratings

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14948-14953

  Zhangwei, Yu ^a,c   Margulis, W ^b   Tarasenko, O ^b   Knape, H ^b   Fonjallaz, P Y ^b,c  

^a Zhejiang University   (China)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTRODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

Q-SWITCHING FIBER LASERS; WAVELENGTH SWITCHING DEVICES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 35948943175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014948     Document Type: Article

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