Inspec keywords: laser beam annealing; optical fibre fabrication; gas lasers; diffraction gratings

Other keywords: long-period fibre grating; fibre-drawing process; refractive index; CO2 laser-annealing

Subjects: Fibre optics; CO<sub>2</sub> lasers; Laser materials processing; Laser materials processing; Gratings, echelles; Optical fibre fabrication, cladding, splicing, joining; Gas lasers