Apodized fiber Bragg gratings manufactured with the phase plate process

Christophe Martinez; Sylvain Magne; Pierre Ferdinand

doi:10.1364/ao.41.001733

Apodized fiber Bragg gratings manufactured with the phase plate process

Appl Opt. 2002 Mar 20;41(9):1733-40. doi: 10.1364/ao.41.001733.

Authors

Christophe Martinez¹, Sylvain Magne, Pierre Ferdinand

Affiliation

¹ Departement d'Instrumentation et de Métrologie des Rayonnements Ionisants, Service d'Instrumentation et d'Applications des Rayonnements, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

PMID: 11926197
DOI: 10.1364/ao.41.001733

Abstract

We present a manufacturing method based on the dynamic use of phase plates to photowrite Bragg gratings. This process allows for control of the local value of the index modulation envelope in the grating. The application to apodized fiber Bragg gratings is discussed.