DocumentCode
1833514
Title
Fabrication of strong re-writable long-period fiber gratings with a CO2 laser
Author
Grubsky, Victor ; Feinberg, J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
5
fYear
2005
fDate
6-11 March 2005
Abstract
We show that the sensitivity of boron-doped fibers to CO2 radiation can be enhanced by a uniform pre-exposure. Resulting gratings could be erased with a similar uniform exposure and recorded again with no loss of fiber sensitivity.
Keywords
boron; diffraction gratings; doping profiles; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical waveguide components; sensitivity; CO2; CO2 laser; CO2 radiation sensitivity; boron-doped fiber sensitivity; fiber sensitivity; grating erasure; grating re-recording; strong re-writable long-period fiber grating fabrication; uniform pre-exposure; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser theory; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Thermal stresses; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN
1-55752-783-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2005.193081
Filename
1499674
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