Title :
Apodized point-by-point fiber-Bragg gratings
Author :
Williams, Robert J. ; Voigtländer, Christian ; Steel, M.J. ; Marshall, Graham D. ; Tünnermann, Andreas ; Nolte, Stefan ; Withford, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate the next milestone in this field-the fabrication of apodized FBGs inscribed in a PbP fashion. The technique of FBG profile apodization (which consists of´softening´ or eliminating the discrete ends of a uniform FBG) is necessary in a variety of applications including WDM communications and sensing systems, narrow-linewidth fiber lasers and some Q-switched fiber laser systems.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; high-speed optical techniques; optical images; PbP fashion; Q-switched fiber laser systems; WDM communications; apodized point-by-point fiber-Bragg gratings; narrow-linewidth fiber lasers; sensing systems; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943328
