title: Fiber Bragg gratings inscribed using 800nm femtosecond laser and a phase mask in single- and multi-core mid-IR glass fibers.
abstract: For the first time, Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) structures have been inscribed in single-core passive germanate and three-core passive and active tellurite glass fibers using 800 nm femtosecond (fs) laser and phase mask technique. With fs peak power intensity in the order of 10(11)W/cm(2), the FBG spectra with 2nd and 3rd order resonances at 1540 and 1033 nm in the germanate glass fiber and 2nd order resonances at approximately 1694 and approximately 1677 nm with strengths up to 14 dB in all three cores in the tellurite fiber were observed. Thermal responsivities of the FBGs made in these mid-IR glass fibers were characterized, showing average temperature responsivity approximately 20 pm/ degrees C. Strain responsivities of the FBGs in germanate glass fiber were measured to be 1.219 pm/microepsilon.
authors.affiliation: Photonics Research Group, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. suor@aston.ac.uk
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suo
authors.forename: Joris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lousteau
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Kaiming
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: MacPherson
authors.forename: Henry T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Bookey
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Ajoy K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.forename: Animesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bennion
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry; D007834:Lasers; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity