A spectrally tunable microstructured optical fibre Bragg grating utilizing an infiltrated ferrofluid

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 24654-24660

  Candiani, A ^a   Konstantaki, M ^a   Margulis, W ^b   Pissadakis, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BRAGG GRATING REFLECTORS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FERROFLUID; GRATING LENGTH; MICROSTRUCTURED; OPTICAL FIBRE; PROPAGATION EFFECT; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SPECTRAL CHANGE; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRALLY TUNABLE; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 78649705745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024654     Document Type: Article

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