Fabrication of Bragg gratings in microstructured and step index Bi-SiO2 optical fibers using an ArF laser

Georgios Violakis; Hans G Limberger; Alexander S Zlenko; Sergey L Semjonov; Igor A Bufetov; Valery M Mashinsky; Vladimir V Vel'miskin; Evgeny M Dianov

doi:10.1364/OE.20.00B118

Fabrication of Bragg gratings in microstructured and step index Bi-SiO2 optical fibers using an ArF laser

Opt Express. 2012 Dec 10;20(26):B118-23. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.00B118.

Authors

Georgios Violakis¹, Hans G Limberger, Alexander S Zlenko, Sergey L Semjonov, Igor A Bufetov, Valery M Mashinsky, Vladimir V Vel'miskin, Evgeny M Dianov

Affiliation

¹ Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, School of Engineering, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 23262841
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00B118

Abstract

An ArF excimer laser was used to fabricate Bragg gratings in fibers with Bi-SiO(2) core and microstructured or F-doped claddings without fiber presensitization. Average and modulated refractive index changes of 2.7 × 10(-4) and 1.0 × 10(-4) were induced in pristine microstructured fiber while 1.0 × 10(-4) and 0.7 × 10(-4) were observed in the F-doped-cladding fiber. Fiber luminescence was also measured under 1064 nm pumping for both fibers. Photosensitivity and luminescence were compared to a Bi-Al(2)O(3)-SiO(2) core optical fiber.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't