Title :
Fiber-Bragg-grating writing in highly nonlinear PM fibers for Raman fiber lasers
Author :
Siekiera, A. ; Engelbrecht, R. ; Mueller, E. ; Schmauss, Bernhard
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. in Adv. Opt. Technol., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen
Abstract :
We describe the fabrication of fiber-Bragg-gratings (FBG) in highly nonlinear polarization maintaining (PM) fibers with tight constraints concerning their spectral bandwidth and maximum reflectivity. The experimental setup for the inscription process and writing results are presented.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Raman lasers; fibre lasers; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; Raman fiber lasers; fiber-Bragg-gratings; highly nonlinear polarization maintaining fibers; reflectivity; spectral bandwidth; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical harmonic generation; Optical reflection; Reflectivity; Refractive index; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771748
