Fabrication and thermal decay of fiber Bragg gratings in Bi-Al co-doped optical fibers

Violakis, GeorgiosLimberger, Hans GeorgMashinsky, ValeryDianov, Evgeny2012-07-022012-07-022012-07-02201110.1364/ECOC.2011.Tu.3.LeCervin.2https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/83263A 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.Optical fiber Bragg gratingsThermal reliabilityFabrication and thermal decay of fiber Bragg gratings in Bi-Al co-doped optical fiberstext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper