Inscription of long-period gratings in pure silica and germano-silicate fiber cores by femtosecond laser irradiation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1861-1863

  Hindle, Francis ^a   Fertein, Eric ^b   Przygodzki, Christophe ^b   Dürr, Florian ^c   Paccou, Laurent ^a   Bocquet, Robin ^b   Niay, Pierre ^a   Limberger, Hans Georg ^c   Douay, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GERMANIUM; INSERTION LOSSES; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; GERMANO SILICATE FIBER CORES; LASER INTENSITY; LONG PERIOD GRATING; SILICA FIBER CORE;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 4043114261     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.831264     Document Type: Article

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