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Flexible Fabrication of Long-Period Fiber Grating Devices Based on Erasing Effect by Controlled CO₂ Laser Pulse Exposure
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
  • Baokai Cheng
  • Xinwei Lan
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Xia Fang
  • Hai Xiao, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

An easy way to flexibly fabricate special long-period fiber grating (LPFG) devices by controlled CO2 laser pulses are presented in this paper. By controlling the pulse power and duration, consecutive exposures were made on an optical fiber to fabricate an LPFG. Existing LPFGs can also be erased or modified by applying CO2 laser exposures on specific grating sections. The erasing effect has been studied to fabricate special grating devices for various applications.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Erasing effect,
  • Fiber gratings,
  • Fiber interferometers,
  • Laser fabrication,
  • Phase-shifted gratings,
  • Diffraction gratings,
  • Fibers,
  • Laser pulses,
  • Optical fiber fabrication,
  • Optical fibers,
  • Carbon dioxide,
  • CO2 laser fabrication
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2013 John Wiley \& Sons, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-1-2013
Publication Date
01 May 2013
Citation Information
Baokai Cheng, Xinwei Lan, Jie Huang, Xia Fang, et al.. "Flexible Fabrication of Long-Period Fiber Grating Devices Based on Erasing Effect by Controlled CO₂ Laser Pulse Exposure" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters Vol. 55 Iss. 8 (2013) p. 1735 - 1738 ISSN: 0895-2477
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/45/