Title :
High birefringence fibre Bragg gratings written in tapered photonic crystal fibre with femtosecond IR radiation
Author :
Grobnic, D. ; Ding, H. ; Mihailov, S.J. ; Smelser, C.W. ; Broeng, J.
Author_Institution :
Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ont.
Abstract :
High birefringence Bragg gratings were written with ultrafast 800 nm radiation in non-birefringent pure silica core photonic crystal fibres (PCF) that were tapered with an oxy-hydrogen flame. The grating spectra indicate that a birefringence above 10-3 was created in the tapered PCF
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; birefringence; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibres; photonic crystals; 800 nm; femtosecond IR radiation; grating spectra; high birefringence fibre Bragg gratings; tapered photonic crystal fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
