100% reflectivity Bragg reflectors produced in optical fibres by single excimer laser pulses
100% reflectivity Bragg reflectors produced in optical fibres by single excimer laser pulses
It is shown for the first time that fibre gratings with reflectivities in excess of 99.8% and fractional bandwidths of 0.005 (7.5 nm or 970GHz at 1550nm) can be written by interferometric side exposure of a fibre core to a single 40mJ UV pulse of 20ns duration at 248nm. These highly efficient reflectors are formed by a new mechanism in which the core glass fuses, resulting in a very large periodic modulation of the refractive index. They are stable at temperatures as high as 800°C.
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Archambault, J.L.
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Reekie, L.
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Russell, P.St.J.
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4 March 1993
Archambault, J.L.
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Reekie, L.
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Russell, P.St.J.
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Archambault, J.L., Reekie, L. and Russell, P.St.J.
(1993)
100% reflectivity Bragg reflectors produced in optical fibres by single excimer laser pulses.
Electronics Letters, 29 (5), .
(doi:10.1049/el:19930303).
Abstract
It is shown for the first time that fibre gratings with reflectivities in excess of 99.8% and fractional bandwidths of 0.005 (7.5 nm or 970GHz at 1550nm) can be written by interferometric side exposure of a fibre core to a single 40mJ UV pulse of 20ns duration at 248nm. These highly efficient reflectors are formed by a new mechanism in which the core glass fuses, resulting in a very large periodic modulation of the refractive index. They are stable at temperatures as high as 800°C.
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Published date: 4 March 1993
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ISSN: 0013-5194
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