Sensitivity of Bragg gratings in birefringent optical fiber to transverse compression between conforming materials

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2250-2261

  Dennison, Christopher R ^a   Wild, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

BIREFRINGENT FIBERS; BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBER; CONTACT LOAD; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; PRINCIPAL STRESS; TRANSVERSE COMPRESSION; TRANSVERSE LOAD;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 77955699580     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.002250     Document Type: Article

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