Title :
Investigation of intrinsically apodised chirped fibre Bragg gratings fabricated using scanning holographic setup
Author :
Floreani, F. ; Gillooly, A. ; Zhao, D. ; Zhang, L. ; Bennion, I. ; Shu, X. ; Sugden, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
We report a novel fabrication technique for UV-inscribing chirped fibre gratings of arbitrary Bragg wavelength and intrinsic apodisation profile employing a single chirped phase-mask and a scanning Talbot interferometer set-up. Chirped gratings with bandwidth up to 5 nm have been successfully produced over a large wavelength range. Compared to gratings written by using standard fabrication methods, it has been shown that these gratings exhibit time-delay response of small ripple effect.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; holographic interferometry; masks; optical fibre fabrication; reflectivity; 1100 to 1565 nm; UV-laser beam; arbitrary Bragg wavelength; fabrication technique; intrinsic apodisation profile; intrinsically apodised chirped fibre Bragg gratings; large wavelength range; phase-mask technique; reflection spectra; scanning Talbot interferometer; scanning holography; single chirped phase-mask; small ripple effect; time-delay response; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Holography; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical device fabrication; Photonics; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Fibre and Optical Passive Components, 2002. Proceedings of 2002 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7556-4
DOI :
10.1109/FOPC.2002.1015808
