Fabrication of micro-ridge long-period gratings inscribed on polarization-maintaining fibers.
We experimentally investigated a simple and new technique for the fabrication of micro-ridge long-period gratings (MRLPGs) based on polarization-maintaining fibers (PMFs). The cladding region of the PMFs was etched periodically using a wet etching technique resulting in the periodic formation of micro-ridges on the surface of the PMF. The PMF-based MRLPGs has two resonant peaks because of the birefringence of the PMF. The extinction ratios of two resonant peaks of the PMF-based MRLPGs were effectively improved by increasing the applied strain because of the photoelastic effect.
Oh-Jang
OJ
Kwon
Myungjun
M
Shin
Department of Physics, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, South Korea. yghan@hanyang.ac.kr.
Young-Guen
YG
Han