Type IIA grating inscription in a highly nonlinear microstructured optical fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 227-229

  Pissadakis, Stavros ^a   Livitziis, Michalis ^a   Tsibidis, Georgios D ^a   Kobelke, Jens ^b   Schuster, Kay ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bragg fiber gratings; Microstructured optical fibers (MOFs); Type IIA photosensitivity

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GERMANIUM; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS;

AVERAGE REFRACTIVE-INDEX CHANGES; BRAGG FIBER GRATINGS; ENERGY DENSITIES; EVOLUTION CURVES; GUIDED MODES; GUIDING MODES; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS (MOFS); THERMAL-ANNEALING; TYPE IIA GRATINGS; TYPE IIA PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION;

EID: 60149098282     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2010461     Document Type: Article

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