title: Experimental investigation of intracavity Bragg gratings.
abstract: We report the results of an experimental investigation of the diffractive properties of a thick index grating embedded in a Fabry-Perot resonator, the so-called intracavity Bragg grating. We compare the performance of this device with that of a bare Bragg grating with same thickness and the same index modulation and establish the improvement in performance with the resonator. The experimental data also fit predictions calculated from a theoretical model.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Menez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zaquine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frey