Flexible polymer waveguide tunable lasers

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 8392-8399

  Kim, Kyung Jo ^a   Kim, Jun Whee ^a   Oh, Min Cheol ^a,b   Noh, Young Ouk ^b   Lee, Hyung Jong ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b ChemOptics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; LASER OPTICS; LASER TUNING; LASERS; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; SILICA; STRAIN;

BRAGG REFLECTION; BRAGG WAVELENGTH; CONTINUOUS TUNING; FEEDBACK LASERS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; IMPOSED STRAINS; POLYMER DEVICES; REFLECTED LIGHT; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION RATIOS; SILICA FIBER BRAGG GRATING; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SUPERLUMINESCENT LASER DIODES; THERMOOPTICS; TUNABLE LASERS; TUNING RANGES; WAVELENGTH-TUNING RANGE; WIDELY TUNABLE LASERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 77950897436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.008392     Document Type: Article

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