Development of an electrically tuneable Bragg grating filter in polymer optical fibre operating at 1.55 νm

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3155-3164

  Kalli, K ^a   Dobb, H L ^b   Webb, D J ^b   Carroll, K ^b   Themistos, C ^c   Komodromos, M ^c   Peng, G D ^d   Fang, Q ^e   Boyd, I W ^e  

^a HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Frederick Institute of Technology Nicosia   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibre Bragg gratings; Optical fibre sensors; Photosensitivity; Polymer optical fibre; Wavelength tuning

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; THIN FILMS;

POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; THIN FILMS;

EID: 36749011886     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S17     Document Type: Article

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