Title :
Weakly tilted fibre Bragg grating inscription in all-solid photonic bandgap fibres
Author :
Miao, Yinping ; Liu, B. ; Zhang, Kai ; Liu, Yanbing ; Sun, Hongbin ; Zhao, Qiming
Author_Institution :
Tianjin Key Lab. of Film Electron. & Commun. Devices, Tianjin Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
Weakly tilted fibre Bragg gratings (W-TFBGs) with different tilted angles are fabricated in the cladding rods of all-solid photonic bandgap fibre by UV illumination. The spectral characteristics of the W-TFBGs are investigated.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; photonic band gap; all-solid photonic bandgap fibres; cladding rods; tilted angles; ultraviolet illumination; weakly tilted fibre Bragg grating inscription;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.0011
