• DocumentCode
    1589864
  • Title

    Strong fiber Bragg gratings in Bi-Al co-doped H2-loaded optical fibers using CW-Ar+ laser

  • Author

    Violakis, Georgios ; Limberger, Hans G. ; Mashinsky, Valery ; Dianov, Evgeny

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Bragg gratings with reflectivity >;93% were fabricated in Bi-Al co-doped H2-loaded optical fibers. Average index changes as high as +2.5×10-3 were obtained. Positive core stress changes indicate a compaction contribution to the total index change.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; aluminium; argon; bismuth; gas lasers; hydrogen; laser beam applications; optical fibre fabrication; reflectivity; CW-Ar+ laser; H2-loaded optical fibers; average index changes; positive core stress; reflectivity; strong fiber Bragg gratings; Bismuth; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Refractive index; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875547