• DocumentCode
    778000
  • Title

    Efficient grating writing through fibre coating with femtosecond IR radiation and phase mask

  • Author

    Mihailov, S.J. ; Grobnic, D. ; Smelser, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ont.
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    442
  • Lastpage
    443
  • Abstract
    Bragg gratings have been written through the polymer coating into hydrogen loaded SMF-28 fibres with ultrafast 800 nm radiation and a phase mask. Index modulations of up to 3.5times10-4 were induced with fibre strengths remaining at ~85% of the pristine fibre value
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; 800 nm; Bragg gratings; femtosecond IR radiation; fibre coating; grating writing; hydrogen loaded SMF-28 fibres; phase mask; polymer coating; ultrafast radiation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20070114
  • Filename
    4155588