Enhancing the tuning range of a single resonant band long period grating while maintaining the resonant peak depth by using an optimized high index indium tin oxide overlay

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 28, 2007, Pages 6984-6989

  Lee, Jonathan ^a   Chen, Qin ^a   Zhang, Qiming ^a   Reichard, Karl ^b   Ditto, Dave ^b   Mazurowski, John ^b   Hackert, Michael ^c   Yin, Shizhuo ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TUNING;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO); LONG PERIOD GRATING (LPG); RESONANT PEAK DEPTH;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 38149016978     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006984     Document Type: Article

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