DocumentCode
2009326
Title
Highly birefringent long period gratings fabricated with femtosecond laser
Author
Dubov, Mykhaylo ; Allsop, Thomas D P ; Martinez, Amos ; Mezentsev, Vladimir ; Bennion, Ian
Author_Institution
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
fYear
2006
fDate
5-10 March 2006
Abstract
Long period gratings (LPG) in standard fiber have been manufactured with a sharply focused near infrared (NIR) femtosecond laser beam. Polarization splitting of the attenuation bands is strongly dependent upon the inscription power.
Keywords
birefringence; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; femtosecond laser fabrication; highly birefringent long period gratings; polarization splitting; Birefringence; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pulse generation; Optical refraction; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN
1-55752-803-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2006.215534
Filename
1636565
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