Point-by-point inscription of first-order fiber Bragg grating for C-band applications

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 18318-18325

  Lai, Y ^a   Zhou, K ^a   Sugden, K ^a   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BIREFRINGENCE; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

C-BAND APPLICATIONS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT INDEX MODULATION; SPECTRAL QUALITY;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549040263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.018318     Document Type: Article

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