Title :
Photosensitive fiber for highly reflective Bragg gratings
Author :
L. Gruner-Nielsen;J. Hubner
Author_Institution :
Lycom A/S NKT, Brondby, Denmark
Abstract :
In this paper we present an investigation of several germanosilicate fibers. Based on the results we have developed an optimized fiber, which allows fast inscription of highly reflective Bragg gratings without any loading. The Bragg gratings were written using the phase-mask method.
Keywords :
"Fiber gratings","Bragg gratings","Optical fibers","Optical refraction","Manufacturing","Fiber lasers","Reflectivity","Doping","Hydrogen","Laser transitions"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719800
