Title :
Positive and negative index gratings in 10-ring photonic crystal fibres with germanosilicate cores using 193nm
Author :
Cook, K. ; Pohl, A. ; Canning, J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Chem., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
Efficient Bragg grating writing (>20 dB) in 10-ring highly nonlinear photonic crystal fibre using 193 nm radiation without hydrogen loading is demonstrated. Splicing to SMF-28 is done with care to avoid coupling to a higher-order triangular mode.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; germanium compounds; holey fibres; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; Bragg grating writing; GeSiO2Jk; germanosilicate cores; negative index grating; nonlinear photonic crystal fibre; positive index grating; wavelength 193 nm; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Hydrogen; Optical fiber devices; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Photonic crystal fibers; Splicing; Writing;
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.2008.4610537
