We present a simple technique to precisely and continuously adjust the resonance wavelengths of long-period cladding-mode-coupled gratings without strongly affecting the coupling strength. The main principle of this method is based on the strong dependence of the propagation constants and hence the peak positions of the cladding modes on the cladding diameter. Therefore, one can shift the grating resonance wavelength by changing the cladding dimension. In our case, this has been achieved by etching the fiber in a HF acid solution
Title
Post-irradiation resonance wavelength adjustment of long period grating based loss filters
Published in
IEE Colloquium on Optical Fibre Gratings (Ref. No.1997/037)
Pages
9/1-9/5
Conference
IEE Colloquium on Optical Fibre Gratings, London, 7 Feb. 1997
Date
1997
Publisher
IEE
Note
Inst. of Appl. Opt., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
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long period grating based loss filters
post-irradiation resonance wavelength adjustment
cladding-mode-coupled gratings
propagation constants
peak positions
cladding diameter dependence
fiber etching
HF acid solution
step index profile
photoinduced refractive index change
band-rejection filter
transmission spectra
Record creation date
2009-01-20