Spectral characterization of heicoidal long-period gratings in photonic crystal fibers

Author

Shin, W. ; Oh, K. ; Yu, B.-A. ; Lee, Y.L. ; Ko, D.-K.

Author_Institution

Adv. Photonics Res. Inst., GIST, Gwangju, South Korea

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report helicoidal long-period grating by twisting photonic crystal fiber under CO₂ laser irradiation and investigated its novel characteristics. The fabricated PCF-LPG endows unique resonance tuning capability with low polarization-dependent loss and thermal shift.

Keywords

carbon compounds; diffraction gratings; gas lasers; holey fibres; laser beams; laser tuning; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; CO₂; PCF-LPG fabrication; gas laser; helicoidal long-period grating; photonic crystal fiber; polarization-dependent loss; thermal shift; tuning capability; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers; (060.2310)Fiber optics; (060.2340) Fiber optics components;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225696