• DocumentCode
    1355010
  • Title

    Long-period fibre gratings written by CO2 exposure of H 2-loaded, standard fibres

  • Author

    Drozin, L. ; Fonjallaz, P.-Y. ; Stensland, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Ericsson Microelectron. AB, Kista, Sweden
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    4/13/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    742
  • Lastpage
    744
  • Abstract
    High quality long-period gratings have been written in standard fibres pre-H2-loaded, using CO2 laser exposure at low intensity. The formation of OH bonds in the fibre core probably explains the index change when such a moderate intensity exposure is applied
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; CO2; CO2 exposure; CO2 laser exposure; H2; H2-loaded standard fibres; OH bonds; fibre core; high quality long-period gratings; index change; long-period fibre gratings; low intensity laser exposure; moderate intensity exposure; pre-H2-loaded fibres; standard fibres;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000510
  • Filename
    850569