Challenges in the fabrication of fibre Bragg gratings in silica and polymer microstructured optical fibres

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-52

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

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bragg grating; Microstructured optical fibre; Photo inscription; Photonic crystal fibre; Transverse coupling efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; CORE REGION; GRATING FABRICATION; IT FOCUS; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBRES; MULTIPHOTONS; PHOTO-INSCRIPTION; TRANSVERSE COUPLING;

BRAGG GRATINGS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; EFFICIENCY; FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; SILICA;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84891757647     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201200103     Document Type: Review

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