Investigating transverse loading characteristics of microstructured fiber bragg gratings with an active fiber depolarizer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1450-1452

  Wang, Yiping ^a,b   Bartelt, Hartmut ^a   Ecke, Wolfgang ^a   Schroeder, Kerstin ^a   Willsch, Reinhardt ^a   Kobelke, Jens ^a   Rothhardt, Manfred ^a   Latka, Ines ^a   Brueckner, Sven ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depolarizers; Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Optical fiber sensors; Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIBERS; AIR HOLES; BRAGG WAVELENGTH; DEPOLARIZERS; FIBER CORES; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); TRANSVERSE LOAD; TRANSVERSE LOADING;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DEPOLARIZATION; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 70349602198     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2028308     Document Type: Article

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