• DocumentCode
    3505976
  • Title

    Enhancement of cladding modes couplings in tilted Bragg gratings owing to cladding etching

  • Author

    Caucheteur, C. ; Chah, K. ; Lhommé, F. ; Debliquy, M. ; Lahem, D. ; Blondel, M. ; Mégret, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. Polytech. de Mons, Electromagnetism & Telecommun. Unit, Mons, Belgium
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-24 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    234
  • Lastpage
    239
  • Abstract
    We analyze the evolution of the cladding modes couplings in tilted fiber Bragg gratings when the fiber diameter and the refractive index of the surrounding medium are modified. To decrease the fiber diameter, we make use of hydrofluoric acid and to modify the external refractive index, we use a set of index oils. We also investigate a new way to correlate the spectral evolution of tilted Bragg gratings with respect to a change of the external refractive index.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; etching; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; refractive index; cladding etching; cladding mode couplings; fiber diameter; hydrofluoric acid; refractive index; tilted fiber Bragg gratings; Bragg gratings; Demodulation; Etching; Fiber gratings; Hafnium; Oils; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fibres and Optical Passive Components, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8949-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462132
  • Filename
    1462132