Analysis of Transmission Characteristics of Tilted Long Period Fiber Gratings With Full Vector Complex Coupled Mode Theory

Qi LI; Fengping YAN; Peng LIU; Wanjing PENG; Guolu YIN; Ting FENG

doi:10.1007/s13320-012-0049-4

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