Strong bragg gratings made with IR femtosecond radiation in heavily doped Er3+ and Yb3+ silica fibers

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Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Grobnic, Dan ^a   Mihailov, Stephen J ^a   Walker, Robert B ^a   Smelser, Christopher W ^a  

^a Radio Science Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; GLASS; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SILICA;

DOPED SILICAS; FEMTOSECOND RADIATION; FEMTOSECONDS; HEAVILY DOPED; INDEX MODULATION; SILICA CORE FIBER; SILICA FIBERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 85087188962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/bgpp.2007.btuc4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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