Demonstration of inscription and ablation of phase masks for the production of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order FBG gratings using a femtosecond laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7205, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Smith, Graham N ^a   Kalli, Kyriacos ^b   Bennion, Ian ^a   Sugden, Kate ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Fiber Bragg gratings; Inscription; Laser material interaction; Phase masks; Talbot effect

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND LASER; INSCRIPTION; LASER-MATERIAL INTERACTION; PHASE MASKS; TALBOT EFFECT;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; JOB ANALYSIS; LASERS; LIGHT; MASKS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 65349112631     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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