Title :
Electric-arc-induced long-period gratings in fluid-filled photonic bandgap fibre
Author :
Iredale, T.B. ; Steinvurzel, P. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
CUDOS, Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
6/22/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electric-arc-induced long-period gratings in a fluid-filled photonic bandgap fibre (PBGF) is demonstrated. Gratings of varying pitch were fabricated and excellent agreement between the measured resonances and numerically simulated phase matching curves is obtained. The PBGF geometry allows the detection of very small arc-induced structural deformations of the fibre and their correlation with the grating strength.
Keywords :
arcs (electric); diffraction gratings; optical fibres; photonic band gap; electric arc induced long period gratings; fluid-filled photonic bandgap fibre; grating strength; phase matching curves;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20061365
