title: Extreme Silica Optical Fibre Gratings.
abstract: A regenerated optical fibre Bragg grating that survives temperature cycling up to 1,295°C is demonstrated. A model based on seeded crystallisation or amorphisation is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories/ School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia. j.canning@usyd.edu.au.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canning
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories/ School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia. m.stevenson@usyd.edu.au.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories/ School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia. somnath@cgcri.res.in.|Fibre Optics Laboratories / Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute, Kolkata, India. somnath@cgcri.res.in.
authors.forename: Somnath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Photonics Laboratories/ School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia. k.cook@usyd.edu.au.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cook
keywords: Regenerated gratings; fibre Bragg gratings; temperature sensing