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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801206
