Title :
Long-period fiber grating inscription by high-intensity femtosecond UV laser pulses
Author :
Kalachev, Alexey I. ; Pureur, Vincent ; Nikogosyan, David N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
Using high-intensity (100-500 GW/cm2) 264 nm laser radiation, we fabricated long-period fiber gratings in telecom and photosensitive fibers, studied their temperature sensing properties and demonstrated the effect of thermal recovery of a LPFG resonance peak.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; fibre optic sensors; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; optical fibre fabrication; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; thermal properties; ultraviolet radiation effects; 264 nm; LPFG resonance peak; high-intensity femtosecond UV laser pulses; laser radiation; long-period fiber grating inscription; photosensitive fibers; telecom; temperature sensing property; thermal recovery effect; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pulses; Propagation losses; Resonance; Silicon compounds; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548993
