Femtosecond pulse written fiber gratings: A new avenue to integrated fiber technology

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 709-723

  Thomas, J ^a   Voigtlander C ^a   Becker, R G ^a   Richter, D ^a   Tunnermann A ^a,b   Nolte, S ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coupled mode theory; Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber laser; Long period fiber gratings; Sensing.; Ultrashort phenomena

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE; COUPLED MODE THEORY; FEMTOSECOND (FS) PULSE; FIBER GEOMETRIES; FIBER GRATINGS; FIBER MATERIALS; FIBER TECHNOLOGY; FS PULSE; IN-FIBER GRATINGS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; LONG PULSE LASER; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; SENSING; ULTRASHORT PHENOMENA; WALK-OFF;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBERS;

EID: 84868342087     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201100033     Document Type: Article

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