Mechanims of refractive index change under U.V. irradiation in some doped SiO2 core optical fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2841, Issue , 1996, Pages 96-108

  Poumellec, B ^a   Bernage, P ^b   Riant, I ^c  

^a URA 446   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Opical fiber; Photorefractivity; Photosensitivity; Silica glasses; UV irradiation

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; COLOR CENTERS; FUSED SILICA; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFLECTION; SILICA; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BRAGG WAVELENGTH SHIFT; GERMANOSILICATES; KRAMERS-KRONIG TRANSFORMATION; OPEN STRUCTURE; PHOTOREFRACTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; TIME-TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UV IRRADIATION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 4344640347     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.258963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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