Title :
The effects of phase steps in e-beam written phase-masks used for fibre grating fabrication by near-field holography
Author :
Williams, J.A.R. ; Liu, X. ; Everall, L.A. ; Bennion, I. ; Aitchison, J.S. ; Thomas, Stephan ; De La Rue, R.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng. & Appl. Phys., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We report analysis and experimental results on the effects that intentional or unintentional phase steps in e-beam written phase-masks have on in-fibre Bragg gratings written using near-field holography
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; e-beam written phase-masks; fibre grating fabrication; in-fibre Bragg grating writing; near-field holography; phase steps;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971398
