Ultrafast IR laser writing of strong Bragg gratings through the coating of high Ge-doped optical fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 973-975

  Grobnic, Dan ^a   Mihailov, Stephen J ^a   Smelser, Christopher W ^a   Ramos, Rogerio T ^b  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

^b Insensys Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Fiber coating; Hydrogen loading; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; COATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; GERMANIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; POLYACRYLATES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ACRYLATE COATING; GERMANIUM-DOPED OPTICAL FIBERS; ULTRAFAST INFRARED LASER WRITING;

LASER OPTICS;

EID: 44849126069     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.922967     Document Type: Article

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