Azimuthally symmetric long-period fibre grating fabrication with a TEM 01-mode CO2 laser

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kritzinger, Ronnie ^a   Schmieder, Diethelm ^a   Booysen, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; Long period fibre grating; Polarization dependent loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; FABRICATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FABRICATION METHOD; GRATING STRUCTURES; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; LONG-PERIOD FIBRE GRATINGS; NON-UNIFORM; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 63749126374     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/3/034004     Document Type: Article

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