Title :
Fabrication of helicoidal long-period fiber gratings by twisting a standard single mode fiber
Author :
Shin, Woojin ; Yu, Bong-Ahn ; Eom, Tae Joong ; Lee, Yeung Lak ; Noh, Young-Chul ; Lee, Jongmin ; Ko, Do-Kyeong
Author_Institution :
Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju
Abstract :
We report a new method of fabrication of helicoidal long-period fiber gratings by twisting a single mode fiber with CO2 laser beam. The transmission characteristics of helicoidal long-period fiber gratings were experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; helicoidal long period fiber gratings; laser beam; standard single mode fiber; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348300
