Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 334(2012)

Characteristic control of long period fiber grating (LPFG) fabricated by infrared femtosecond laser

Xiaoyan SUN1,2, Peng HUANG1, Jiefeng ZHAO1, Li WEI3, Nan ZHANG1, Dengfeng KUANG1, and Xiaonong ZHU1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Key Laboratory of Optical Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Central South University, State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing, Changsha 410083, China
  • 3Department of Physics & Computer Science, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada
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    Xiaoyan SUN, Peng HUANG, Jiefeng ZHAO, Li WEI, Nan ZHANG, Dengfeng KUANG, Xiaonong ZHU. Characteristic control of long period fiber grating (LPFG) fabricated by infrared femtosecond laser[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2012, 5(3): 334

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    Paper Information

    Received: May. 7, 2012

    Accepted: May. 21, 2012

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2012

    The Author Email: Xiaonong ZHU (xnzhu1@nankai.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-012-0270-1

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