DocumentCode :
1381616
Title :
Long-period fibre grating fabrication with focused CO2 laser pulses
Author :
Davis, D.D. ; Gaylord, T.K. ; Glytsis, E.N. ; Kosinski, S.G. ; Mettler, S.C. ; Vengsarkar, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Norcross, GA, USA
Volume :
34
Issue :
3
fYear :
1998
fDate :
2/5/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
302
Lastpage :
303
Abstract :
A new, simple method of fabricating long-period fibre gratings by direct exposure of the fibre to focused 10.6 μm wavelength CO2 laser pulses is presented. No ultraviolet exposure is used. Hydrogen loading is found to enhance the writing sensitivity
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; gas lasers; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; 10.6 micron; CO2; H loading; H2; fibre grating fabrication; focused CO2 laser pulses; long-period fibre gratings; writing sensitivity enhancement;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0013-5194
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980239
Filename :
677395
Link To Document :
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