Abstract
The thermal effects on the processing of type-I IR fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) using a femtosecond laser with a phase mask are investigated. Thermal effects are significantly suppressed by using interval exposure mode and reducing the tension on the fiber. FBGs with improved photo-induced refractive index modulation are fabricated in the standard telecom fiber. The index modulation reaches 1.6 × 10-3. The reflectivity and bandwidth are measured to be -0.36 dB and 1.27nm, respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 104207 |
| Journal | Chinese Physics Letters |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| State | Published - Oct 2013 |