Microstructure-assisted grating inscription in photonic crystal fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8426, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Baghdasaryan, Tigran ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Berghmans, Francis ^a   Thienpon, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Fiber bragg grating; Photonic crystal fiber; Photonic crystal lens

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; EFFECTIVE INDEX; FIBER CORES; GRADIENT INDEX LENS; HIGH INTENSITY LASER PULSE; OPTICAL POWER DENSITY; SILICA CORES; STEP-INDEX FIBERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER BEAMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICA; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84861812292     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.923335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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