Fabrication of Fiber Bragg Gratings in High Germania Boron Co-doped Optical Fiber by the Phase Mask Method

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Wadi Harun ◽  
Prabakaran Poopalan ◽  
Harith Ahmad

Kaedah untuk menghasilkan peranti FBG yang mempunyai peratus pantulan yang tinggi diperkenalkan. Peranti FBG telah dicetak dalam gentian optik khas yang mengandungi germanium dan boron yang tinggi. Kandungan germanium ion di dalam gentian optik teras adalah sebanyak mol 20%. Cara yang digunakan ialah cara percetakan topeng fasa dengan menggunakan cahaya ultra ungu ion yang mempunyai panjang gelombang 244 nm sebagai sumber cahaya. Kami telah berjaya menghasilkan FBG yang mempunyai peratus pantulan setinggi 99.9% dan masa yang diambil untuk cetakan adalah kurang daripada 10 minit. Kata kunci: gentian optik; peranti FBG; laser UV; panjang gelombang Bragg; topeng fasa A technique to fabricate high reflectivity fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) with minimal optics is presented. The FBG is written in high germania boron co-doped optical fiber using a phase mask with a 244 nm continuous-wave UV light as the printing source. The mol percentage of germania ion in the fiber core is about 20%. We have successfully fabricated FBGs with reflectivity as high as 99.9% in less than 10 minutes of exposure time. Key words: Optical fiber; fiber Bragg grating; UV laser; Bragg wavelength; phase mask

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. W. Harun , P. Poopalan and H. Ahmad

This paper reports and provides an explanation for the growth characteristics of fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) fabricated  in high germania boron co-doped optical fiber by using a continuous wave (CW) doubled frequency Argon ion laser as an UV light source. The grating reflectivity and Bragg wavelength shift as a function of exposure time are measured. The index modulation time is observed to have a good fit to a power law of the form n = Ctb (t is the time, C and b are constants), whereas the exponent b of 0.3 is obtained for the FBGs. The UV laser light also causes a shift of the resonant wavelength with fabrication time. The fastest wavelength shift is shown to be 0.53 nm after 524 seconds exposure.Keywords: Fiber Bragg grating, Argon ion laser, Phase mask method, Growth characteristics.


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