Title :
Fabrication of Bragg gratings in microstructured Bi:SiO2 optical fiber using an ArF laser
Author :
Violakis, Georgios ; Limberger, Hans G. ; Zlenko, A.S. ; Semjonov, S.L. ; Mashinsky, Valery M. ; Dianov, Evgeny M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
An ArF excimer laser was used to fabricate Bragg gratings in Bi:SiO2 core - microstructured cladding optical fiber. Average and modulated refractive index changes of 2.7 × 10-4 and 1.0 × 10-4 were induced in pristine fiber. Fiber luminescence was also measured under 1064 nm pumping.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; argon compounds; bismuth; excimer lasers; holey fibres; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; photoluminescence; refractive index; silicon compounds; ArF; Bragg gratings fabrication; SiO2:Bi; average refractive index change; excimer laser; fiber luminescence; microstructured optical fiber; modulated refractive index change; Fiber lasers; Indexes; Luminescence; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
