Polarization effects in tilted fiber bragg grating refractometers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1677-1684

  Lu, Yu Chun ^a   Geng, Rui ^a   Wang, Chuncan ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Liu, Chu ^a   Ning, Tigang ^a   Jian, Shuisheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blazed gratings; Complex mode; Coupled mode theory; Fiber optics sensor; Perfectly matched layer (PML); Radiation modes; Refractometer; Tilted fiber Bragg grating (TFBG)

Indexed keywords

BLAZED GRATING; COMPLEX MODES; COUPLED MODE THEORY; FIBER OPTICS SENSORS; PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYER; RADIATION MODE; RADIATION MODES; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE; SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 77952915047     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2047844     Document Type: Article

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