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OP2 Proceedings OPTOIRS22009
OP2 Proceedings OPTOIRS22009
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Determination of the Effective Refractive Index of Various Single Mode Fibres for Fibre Bragg
Grating Sensor Applications
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1. INTRODUCTION
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Example of a polynomial fit on the spectral shape Fig. 7: Inscription of a highly photosensitive fibre
function of a fibre Bragg grating (F86). Inset: Example of a linear fit along the first 10
measurement points of the inscription curve
4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
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