Title :
Strong photoinduced Bragg gratings in arsenic selenide optical fibre using transverse holographic method
Author :
Brawley, G.A. ; Ta´eed, V.G. ; Bolger, J.A. ; Sanghera, J.S. ; Aggarwal, I. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Fabrication of strong fibre Bragg gratings in singlemode arsenic selenide (As2Se3) fibre for use at telecom wavelengths by the transverse holographic method is reported. Photoinduced decrease in the material refractive index was achieved using low-intensity CW illumination at a wavelength of 785 nm. A peak grating strength of 23.7 dB is seen, with inferred change in the average refractive index as large as 4.7 times 10-3.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; arsenic compounds; holographic gratings; holography; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index; As2Se3; CW illumination; arsenic selenide optical fibre; fibre Bragg gratings; photoinduced Bragg gratings; refractive index; transverse holographic method; wavelength 785 nm;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20080784