• DocumentCode
    2992191
  • Title

    Mechanical Reliability of Fibre Bragg Gratings Inscribed Through the Coating by a Femtosecond Laser

  • Author

    Martinez, A. ; Shazly, Y.M.El ; Kukureka, S.N. ; Sudgen, K. ; Khrushchev, I.Y. ; Bennion, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Research Group, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK, E-mail: martinea@aston.ac.uk
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Degradation of mechanical strength of fibre Bragg gratings inscribed directly through the coating by a femtosecond laser is studied using a tensile test. Results compare favourably with those typically obtained by standard UV inscription.
  • Keywords
    Annealing; Bragg gratings; Coatings; Degradation; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber testing; Reflectivity; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801206
  • Filename
    4801206