Direct evidence of tilted Bragg grating azimuthal radiation mode coupling mechanisms

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 14075-14087

  Walker, Robert B ^a   Mihailov, Stephen J ^a   Grobnic, Dan ^a   Lu, Ping ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^b  

^a Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; PHASE MATCHING;

FIBER-OPTIC DEVICES; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RADIATION MODE COUPLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TILTED BRAGG GRATINGS; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 68349139560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.014075     Document Type: Article

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