• DocumentCode
    500640
  • Title

    Directly photoinscribed thick Bragg gratings in Ohara WMS-15 glass-ceramic

  • Author

    Krug, Peter A. ; Rogojan, Rodica Matei ; Albert, Jacques

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Volume gratings were UV inscribed in WMS-15 glass-ceramic at 193 and 248 nm without additional processing. Weak, easily bleached gratings resulted from fluences below 0.3 kJ/cm2. Stable gratings with Deltan ~ 6times10-5 were formed at higher fluences.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; glass ceramics; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; Ohara WMS-15 glass-ceramic; bleaching; thick Bragg gratings; volume gratings; wavelength 193 nm; wavelength 248 nm; Annealing; Bleaching; Bragg gratings; Crystalline materials; Diffraction gratings; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Optical diffraction; Optical materials; Temperature; Thermal expansion; (050.7330) Volume gratings; (160.5335) Photosensitive materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5226054