Title :
Large diffractive scattering losses in the visible region produced by femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings
Author :
Åslund, Mattias L. ; Jovanovic, Nemanja ; Groothoff, Nathaniel ; Canning, John ; Marshall, Graham D. ; Jackson, Stuart D. ; Fuerbach, Alex ; Withford, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We present a study of the short wavelength attenuation induced by ultra-stable gratings written by a femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser. We demonstrate that these gratings are indistinguishable from UV-written Type-II gratings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; Al2O3:Ti; UV-written Type-II grating; diffractive scattering losses; femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings; optical FBG; short-wavelength attenuation; ultra-stable grating; Australia; Bragg gratings; Diffraction gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610512
