Cladding mode coupling in highly localized fiber Bragg gratings: Modal properties and transmission spectra

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 325-341

  Thomas, Jens ^a   Jovanovic, Nemanja ^b   Becker, Ria G ^a   Marshall, Graham D ^b   Withford, Michael J ^b   Tünnermann, Andreas ^a   Nolte, Stefan ^a   Steel, M J ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AZIMUTHAL ORDER; CLADDING MODE RESONANCES; CLADDING MODES; CLADDING-MODE COUPLING; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); MODAL PROPERTIES; MODE APPROACH; PRECISE CONTROL; REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILES; RESONANT COUPLINGS; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 78651356877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000325     Document Type: Article

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