Spectral behavior of thin film coated cascaded tapered long period gratings in multiple configurations

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 9765-9780

  Pilla, P ^a,b   Manzillo, P Foglia ^a   Giordano, M ^b   Korwin Pawlowski, M L ^c   Bock, W J ^c   Cusano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; MODAL TRANSITION; MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; SPECTRAL BEHAVIORS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SURROUNDING-MEDIUM REFRACTIVE INDICES; TAPERED LONG-PERIOD GRATING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 46149116348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.009765     Document Type: Article

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