Bragg grating inscription in GeO2-doped microstructured optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1459-1467

  Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Becker, Martin ^b   Mergo, Paweł ^e   Nasilowski, Tomasz ^a   Wójcik, Jan ^e   Urbańczyk, Wacław ^d   Rothhardt, Manfred ^b   Chojetzki, Christoph ^c   Bartelt, Hartmut ^b   Terryn, Herman ^a   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bhotonic crystal fiber; Bragg gratings; Microstructured fiber

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; BRAGG GRATING GROWTH; CRYSTAL FIBER; DOPING LEVELS; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; FILLING FACTOR; HEXAGONAL LATTICE; KRF EXCIMER LASER; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; SENSING APPLICATIONS;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EXCIMER LASERS; FIBERS; GAS LASERS; KRYPTON; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 77951954658     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2043414     Document Type: Article

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