Title :
Photo-annealing of femtosecond laser written Bragg gratings
Author :
Åslund, Mattias L. ; Jovanovic, N. ; Jackson, Stuart D. ; Canning, John ; Marshall, Graham D. ; Fuerbach, Alexander ; Withford, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Evidence of photo-annealing of fibre Bragg gratings written with a femtosecond laser has been observed when employed as high reflectors in high power Q-switched laser cavities.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Q-switching; annealing; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; femtosecond laser written fibre Bragg grating; high-power Q-switched fibre laser cavities; optical reflector; photoannealing effect; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610388
