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Ouellette et al., 1988 - Google Patents

Light-induced erasure of χ (2) gratings in optical fibers

Ouellette et al., 1988

Document ID
2275837051191098518
Author
Ouellette F
Hill K
Johnson D
Publication year
Publication venue
OSA Annual Meeting

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It has recently been shown that a phase-matched χ (2) grating can be written in an optical fiber by irradiating it simultaneously with light at the fundamental and harmonic wavelengths for a period of time. 1 We have found that this χ (2) grating can be erased optically by …
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    • G02F1/377—Non-linear optics for second-harmonic generation in an optical waveguide structure
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