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How the efficiency with which Bragg gratings are recorded in birefringent optical fibers depends on the orientation of elliptical stress cladding

Arkhipov, S.V., Strigalev, V.E., Soldatova, N.S., Varzhel, S.V., Munko, A.S., Smirnova, Y.D.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Архипов С.В., Стригалёв В.Е., Солдатова Н.С., Варжель С.В., Мунько А.С., Смирнова Ю.Д. Зависимость эффективности записи брэгговских решеток в двулучепреломляющих оптических волокнах от ориентации напрягающей эллиптической оболочки // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 11. С. 79–82.

Arkhipov S.V., Strigalev V.E., Soldatova N.S., Varzhel S.V., Munko A.S., Smirnova Yu.D. How the efficiency with which Bragg gratings are recorded in birefringent optical fibers depends on the orientation of elliptical stress cladding [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 11. P. 79–82.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

S. V. Arkhipov, V. E. Strigalev, N. S. Soldatova, S. V. Varzhel’, A. C. Mun’ko, and Yu. D. Smirnova, "How the efficiency with which Bragg gratings are recorded in birefringent optical fibers depends on the orientation of elliptical stress cladding," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(11), 708-710 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000708

Abstract:

This paper presents comparative results of the recording of type-I Bragg gratings in birefringent optical fibers with an elliptical stress cladding with standard and increased concentrations of germanium dioxide for various orientations of the birefringence axes. The experimental results showed that it is more efficient to record Bragg gratings in the single-pulse regime when the slow axis of the birefringent optical fiber with an elliptical stress cladding is perpendicular to the fringes of the interference pattern.

Keywords:

Bragg grating, interference pattern of forward scattering, birefringence, excimer laser

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Minobrnauka) (RFMEFI57815X0109).

OCIS codes: 060.3735; 060.3738; 230.1950

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