193nm excimer laser inscribed Bragg gratings in microfibers for refractive index sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18577-18583

  Ran, Yang ^a   Tan, Yan Nan ^a   Sun, Li Peng ^a   Gao, Shuai ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Jin, Long ^a   Guan, Bai Ou ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE;

ARF EXCIMER LASER; BLUESHIFTS; FIBER DIAMETERS; HIGH ORDER MODE; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; HYDROGEN LOADINGS; MICROFIBERS; REFLECTION PEAKS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SINGLE MODE; TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 80052718093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018577     Document Type: Article

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