Rapid characterization of the ultraviolet induced fiber Bragg grating complex coupling coefficient as a function of irradiance and exposure time

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 34, 2007, Pages 8237-8243

  Flockhart, Gordon M H ^a   Cranch, Geoffrey A ^a   Kirkendall, Clay K ^b  

^a SFA INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFLECTOMETERS; SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

BRAGG GRATING GROWTH; SPATIAL CHARACTERIZATION;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 39049092826     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.008237     Document Type: Article

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