UV-induced modification of stress distribution in optical fibers and its contribution to Bragg grating birefringence

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8727-8741

  Belhadj, N ^a   Park, Y ^b   Larochelle, S ^a   Dossou, K ^c   Azana J ^b  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^b INRS EMT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CHIRPED FIBER GRATING; EXPOSURE LEVEL; HIGH-ORDER ISOPARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENTS; IN-FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; PHOTO-ELASTIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOINDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; STRESS PROFILE; STRESS-INDUCED ANISOTROPY;

BIREFRINGENCE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MECHANICAL STRESS; OPTICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 45449108094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008727     Document Type: Article

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