Title :
Thermal decay of ArF-excimer-laser fabricated fiber Bragg gratings in Bi-Al-doped optical fibers
Author :
Saffari, P. ; Violakis, Georgios ; Limberger, Hans G. ; Mashinsky, Valery M. ; Dianov, Evgeny M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
Fiber Bragg Gratings were fabricated using a 193-nm-ArF-excimer laser with ac index changes of 0.6×10-4 and 2.2×10-4 in pristine and H2-loaded Bi-Al-SiO2 fibers. Thermal annealing of the FBGs was investigated using continuous isochronal annealing.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; aluminium; annealing; argon compounds; bismuth; excimer lasers; hydrogen; optical fibre fabrication; silicon compounds; ArF; ArF-excimer-laser; Bi-Al-doped optical fibers; H2-Bi-Al-SiO2; ac index changes; continuous isochronal annealing; fabricated fiber Bragg gratings; pristine; thermal annealing; thermal decay; wavelength 193 nm; Annealing; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
