• 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