Novel custom fiber Bragg grating fabrication technique based on push-pull phase shifting interferometry

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 21550-21557

  Gagné, Mathieu ^a   Bojor, Lucian ^a   Maciejko, Romain ^a   Kashyap, Raman ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY;

ARBITRARY PROFILE; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBGS); FRINGE PATTERN; GRATING FABRICATION; MECHANICAL PERTURBATIONS; PHASE SHIFTING INTERFEROMETRY; UV WRITING TECHNIQUES;

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 58149123688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.021550     Document Type: Article

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