Bragg gratings written in tapered solid-core photonic crystal fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1048-1050

  Lázaro, Jose Miguel ^a   Quintela, Antonio ^a   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^b   Wojcik, Jan ^c   Lopez Higuera, Jose Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); fiber characterization; fiber tapers; photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)

Indexed keywords

BRAGG WAVELENGTH; CHIRPED BRAGG GRATING; FIBER CHARACTERIZATIONS; FIBER TAPER; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; PHOTOINSCRIPTION METHOD; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); PREPROCESSING TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THERMO-MECHANICAL; WIDE-BAND;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 77954156682     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2049486     Document Type: Article

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