Second order DFB lasing using reusable grating inscribed in azobenzene-containing material

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-19

  Goldenberg, Leonid M ^a   Lisinetskii, Victor ^a   Gritsai, Yuri ^b   Stumpe, Joachim ^c   Schrader, Sigurd ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WILDAU   (Germany)

^b Institute of Thin Film Technology and Microsensorics   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; LASER DEVICE; LASER WAVELENGTH; SECOND ORDERS; SPECTRAL RANGE; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SURFACES;

EID: 84862134989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000011     Document Type: Article

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