• DocumentCode
    515951
  • Title

    Fabrication of fiber Bragg gratings in 40 μm diameter low GeO2 silica fiber using cw-Ar+-laser

  • Author

    Limberger, Hans G. ; Violakis, Georgios ; Sandoz, Frédéric ; Pedrido, Carlos

  • Author_Institution
    IMT, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Mean index changes >10-3 were obtained in non-hydrogen-loaded ~3% GeO2-doped silica fibers with a 9/40 μm core/cladding diameter using a cw 244-nm-Ar+-laser. Core stress changes are positive indicating a compaction contribution to the index change.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; gas lasers; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; Ar; SiO2:GeO2; continuous wave laser; fiber Bragg grating fabrication; gas laser; silica fiber; size 40 mum; size 9 mum; Fabrication; Fiber lasers; Germanium; Hydrogen; Laser beams; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Stress; Surface resistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465664