Ultrabroadband fiber Bragg gratings written with a highly chirped phase mask and Infrared femtosecond pulses

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3285-3290

  Bernier, Martin ^a   Sheng, Yunlong ^a   Vallée, Réal ^a  

^a CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HYDROGEN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBGS); HIGH REFLECTIVITY; MULTI-WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MODULATION; TELECOM FIBERS; ULTRA-BROADBAND; WAVELENGTH COVERAGE;

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EID: 61549092506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003285     Document Type: Article

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