Thermal aging of Bragg gratings inscribed in pristine Ge- and N-doped fibers

Appl Opt. 2019 Dec 1;58(34):9326-9330. doi: 10.1364/AO.58.009326.

Abstract

In this paper, the thermal aging of temperature-resistant Bragg gratings inscribed in nitrogen-doped silica-core fibers was investigated. The results were compared with their analogues inscribed in pristine weakly germanium-doped fibers. The two-step nature of the nitrogen-doped samples' thermal decay was observed. A study of the changes in the Bragg wavelength during high-temperature annealing was conducted as well.