Study of spectral and annealing properties of fiber Bragg gratings written in H2-free and H2-loaded fibers by use of femtosecond laser pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 21239-21247

  Li, Yuhua ^a,b   Liao, C R ^a   Wang, D N ^a   Sun, T ^c   Grattan, K T V ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ANNEALING PROPERTIES; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE IRRADIATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBGS); HIGH REFLECTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ISOCHRONAL ANNEALING; LONG-TERM ANNEALING; SENSING ELEMENTS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 58149116824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.021239     Document Type: Article

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