Title :
Fabrication of strong re-writable long-period fiber gratings with a CO2 laser
Author :
Grubsky, Victor ; Feinberg, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We show that the sensitivity of boron-doped fibers to CO2 radiation can be enhanced by a uniform pre-exposure. Resulting gratings could be erased with a similar uniform exposure and recorded again with no loss of fiber sensitivity.
Keywords :
boron; diffraction gratings; doping profiles; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical waveguide components; sensitivity; CO2; CO2 laser; CO2 radiation sensitivity; boron-doped fiber sensitivity; fiber sensitivity; grating erasure; grating re-recording; strong re-writable long-period fiber grating fabrication; uniform pre-exposure; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser theory; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Thermal stresses; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193081
