Fiber Bragg Gratings in Germanium-Doped Highly Birefringent Microstructured Optical Fibers

Author

Geernaert, Thomas ; Nasilowski, Tomasz ; Chah, Karima ; Szpulak, Marcin ; Olszewski, Jacek ; Statkiewicz, Gabriela ; Wojcik, Jan ; Poturaj, Krzysztof ; Urbanczyk, Waclaw ; Becker, Martin ; Rothhardt, Manfred ; Bartelt, Hartmut ; Berghmans, Francis ; Thien

Author_Institution

Vrije Univ. Brussels, Brussels

Volume

20

Issue

8

fYear

2008

fDate

4/15/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

554

Lastpage

556

Abstract

We present a dedicated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) inscription experiment to investigate the compatibility of a microstructured optical fiber (MOF) with conventional FBG inscription setups. For the studied MOF, the angular orientation of the fiber in the interferometric excimer laser setup was found to have no significant influence on the final reflection of the inscribed FBGs. We also show that an array of multiplexed FBGs can be inscribed in a single MOF with a repeatability and quality that match fiber sensing requirements.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; excimer lasers; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; FBG inscription setups; angular orientation; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber sensing requirements; germanium-doped highly birefringent microstructured optical fibers; interferometric excimer laser setup; photonic crystal fiber; Birefringence; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Writing; Bragg gratings; microfabrication; microstructured fiber; photonic crystal fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.918896

Filename

4472045