Inscription and investigation of the spectral characteristics of chirped fiber Bragg gratings

Mikhneva, A.A., Gribaev, A.I., Varzhel, S.V., Frolov, E.A., Novikova, V.A., Konnov, K.A., Zalesskaya, Y.K.

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Михнева А.А., Грибаев А.И., Варжель С.В., Фролов Е.А., Новикова В.А., Коннов К.А., Залесская Ю.К. Запись и исследование спектральных характеристик чирпированных волоконных решеток Брэгга // Оптический журнал. 2018. Т. 85. № 9. С. 12–16. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-09-12-16

Mikhneva A.A., Gribaev A.I., Varzhel S.V., Frolov E.A., Novikova V.A., Konnov K.A., Zalesskaya Yu.K. Inscription and investigation of the spectral characteristics of chirped fiber Bragg gratings [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2018. V. 85. № 9. P. 12–16. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2018-85-09-12-16

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. A. Mikhneva, A. I. Gribaev, S. V. Varzhel’, E. A. Frolov, V. A. Novikova, K. A. Konnov, and Yu. K. Zalesskaya, "Inscription and investigation of the spectral characteristics of chirped fiber Bragg gratings," Journal of Optical Technology. 85(9), 531-534 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.85.000531

Abstract:

The results of investigations of the spectral characteristics of chirped fiber Bragg gratings induced in an optical fiber using a Talbot interferometer and a KrF excimer laser system of the master oscillator–power amplifier type with enhanced coherence are presented. Dependences of the full width of the reflection spectrum at half maximum and the reflectivity of chirped fiber Bragg gratings on their length are obtained and analyzed. Through the inscription of seven superimposed chirped fiber Bragg gratings, a diffraction structure with a spectral width of 32 nm was obtained. In addition, a chirped fiber Bragg grating whose spectral response shape is almost rectangular is presented.

Keywords:

chirped fiber Bragg grating, phase mask, KrF excimer laser system, Talbot interferometer

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Minobrnauka) (RFMEFI58717X0043, 14.587.21.0043).

OCIS codes: 060.3735; 060.3738; 230.1950

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