Inscription and characterization of Bragg gratings in single-crystal sapphire optical fibres for high-temperature sensor applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Busch, Matthias ^a   Ecke, Wolfgang ^a   Latka, Ines ^a   Fischer, Daniel ^a   Willsch, Reinhardt ^a   Bartelt, Hartmut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annealing; Bragg grating; High temperature sensor; Multiplexing; Sapphire optical fibre

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LASER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DISTRIBUTED EXCITATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SENSORS; INFRARED FEMTOSECOND LASERS; SAPPHIRE WAVEGUIDES; SINGLE CRYSTAL SAPPHIRES; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODE; TEMPERATURE SENSING;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 72149095746     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/11/115301     Document Type: Article

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