• DocumentCode
    2902284
  • Title

    Efficient Bragg grating fabrication in germanium-rich fibre by high-intensity femtosecond 264 nm irradiation

  • Author

    Slattery, S.A. ; Nikogosyan, D.N. ; Plougmann, N. ; Sorensen, H.R. ; Kristensen, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    17-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    548
  • Lastpage
    548
  • Abstract
    In this work we study FBG recording in a highly-nonlinear fibre (HNLF), employing 264 nm 220 fs (FWHM) pulses with a peak intensity of around 180 GW/cm2. For comparison, FBG inscription was also done with a conventional 248 nm KrF excimer laser with an incident pulse intensity of 4 MW/cm2 and a pulse duration of 25 ns. The lengths of the recorded gratings were 3 and 5 mm for 264 and 248 nm radiations, respectively
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; germanium; high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; 248 nm; 25 ns; 264 nm; 3 mm; 5 mm; FBG inscription; FBG recording; Ge; KrF; efficient Bragg grating fabrication; excimer laser; germanium-rich fibre; high-intensity femtosecond irradiation; highly-nonlinear fibre; incident pulse intensity; Bragg gratings; Fabrication; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Refractive index; Tin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568325
  • Filename
    1568325