Writing of Long-Period Gratings in Conventional and Photonic-Crystal Polarization-Maintaining Fibers by CO2-Laser Pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-134

  Lee, Ho Wai ^a   Liu, Yunqi ^a   Chiang, Kin Seng ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Birefringence; CO2 laser long period fiber grating (LPFG); optical filter; photonic crystal (PC) fiber; polarization maintaining (PM) fiber

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008014924     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.912531     Document Type: Article

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