Title :
Gratings written with tripled output of Q-switched Nd:YAG laser
Author :
Blows, J. ; Tang, D.Y.
Author_Institution :
Optical Fibre Technol. Centre, Sydney Univ., NSW, Australia
fDate :
10/26/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is demonstrated that strong Bragg and long period gratings can be written using the frequency tripled output from a high repetition rate Q-switch Nd:YAG laser. No loss due to laser induced damage to the core was observed
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; diffraction gratings; laser beam annealing; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; Nd:YAG laser; Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; core; frequency tripled output; gratings; high repetition rate Q-switch laser; laser induced damage; long period gratings; loss; strong Bragg gratings; tripled output;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001290
