Title :
Co-propagating cladding modes coupling assisted by tilted Bragg grating with large tilting angle
Author :
Zhou, Kaiming ; Chen, Xianfeng ; Lin Zhang ; Bennion, Ian
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We report for the first time forward propagating cladding modes coupling by using tilted gratings. The spectral responses of these gratings were investigated and their thermal characteristics and sensitivity to environmental refractive index were evaluated.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre testing; refractive index; cladding modes coupling; refractive index; spectral responses; thermal characteristics; tilted Bragg grating;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
