Title : 
Modeling of apodized point-by-point fiber Bragg gratings
         
        
            Author : 
Williams, Robert J. ; Voigtländer, Christian ; Marshall, Graham D. ; Tünnermann, Andreas ; Nolte, Stefan ; Steel, M.J. ; Withford, Michael J.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
         
        
        
            fDate : 
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present coupled-mode-theory modeling of apodized fiber Bragg gratings inscribed using a point-by-point technique. We show that the local detuning in these gratings is almost constant, due to the morphology of the femtosecond laser-inscribed structures.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Bragg gratings; coupled mode analysis; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical fibre fabrication; apodized point-by-point fiber Bragg gratings; coupled-mode-theory; femtosecond laser-inscribed structures; local detuning; morphology; point-by-point technique; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Ultrafast optics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Sydney, NSW
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1939-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194031