A cw-244-nm-Ar+-laser was used to fabricate Bragg gratings in pristine Bi-Al-SiO2 optical fibers with index changes as high as 3.6 x 10E-4. Thermal annealing revealed peaks in the energy distribution at 1.2 and 2.3 eV.
Title
Fabrication and thermal decay of fiber Bragg gratings in Bi-Al co-doped optical fibers
Published in
European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC)
Pages
Tu.3.LeCervin.2
Conference
European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC), Geneva, Switzerland, September 18-22, 2011
Date
2011
Publisher
Optical Society of America, Washington, DC
Record creation date
2012-07-02