Highly reflective fiber Bragg gratings written through a vinyl ether fibercoating

Authors
Espindola, RP Atkins, RM Wang, NP Simoff, DA Paczkowski, MA Windeler, RS Brownlow, DL Shenk, DS Glodis, PA Strasser, TA DeMarco, JJ Chandonnet, PJ
Citation
Rp. Espindola et al., Highly reflective fiber Bragg gratings written through a vinyl ether fibercoating, IEEE PHOTON, 11(7), 1999, pp. 833-835
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
833 - 835
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199907)11:7<833:HRFBGW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Highly reflective fiber Bragg gratings (reflectivity > 99.99%, -45 dB in tr ansmission) have been written through a 55-mu m-thick novel polymer fiber c oating in a low (5 mole%) germania-doped optical fiber. The coating is base d on vinyl ether chemistry using a cationic photoinitiator.