Title :
Suppression of cladding-mode coupling loss in Bragg grating using standard single-mode fiber
Author :
Gwandu, B.A.L. ; Zhang, W. ; Shu, Xiaokui ; Zhang, L. ; Webb, D.J. ; Bennion, I.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We present a technique for suppressing cladding-mode coupling loss in fiber Bragg grating fabrication. Suppression of cladding-modes down to 0.2 dB in a Bragg grating of 18 dB reflectivity has been achieved in hydrogen-loaded standard single-mode-fiber.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; Bragg grating; cladding-mode coupling loss suppression; fiber Bragg grating fabrication; hydrogen-loaded standard single-mode fiber; reflectivity; standard single-mode fiber; Bragg gratings; Couplings; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Reflectivity; Telecommunication standards; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159557
