GB2339921B - The use of a laser pulse extender to increase the speed for writing bragg gratings in optical fibres - Google Patents

The use of a laser pulse extender to increase the speed for writing bragg gratings in optical fibres

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GB2339921B
GB2339921B GB9815756A GB9815756A GB2339921B GB 2339921 B GB2339921 B GB 2339921B GB 9815756 A GB9815756 A GB 9815756A GB 9815756 A GB9815756 A GB 9815756A GB 2339921 B GB2339921 B GB 2339921B
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speed
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laser pulse
optical fibres
bragg gratings
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Malcolm Charles Gower
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Exitech Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/02057—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating comprising gratings
    • G02B6/02076—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings
    • G02B6/02123—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating
    • G02B6/02133—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating using beam interference
    • G02B6/02138—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating using beam interference based on illuminating a phase mask
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/02057—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating comprising gratings
    • G02B6/02076—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings
    • G02B6/02123—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating
    • G02B6/02152—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating involving moving the fibre or a manufacturing element, stretching of the fibre

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  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
  • Diffracting Gratings Or Hologram Optical Elements (AREA)
GB9815756A 1998-07-21 1998-07-21 The use of a laser pulse extender to increase the speed for writing bragg gratings in optical fibres Expired - Fee Related GB2339921B (en)

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EP0668519A1 (en) * 1994-02-18 1995-08-23 AT&T Corp. Spatially-varying distributed bragg-reflectors in optical media
US5636304A (en) * 1992-12-23 1997-06-03 Lucent Technologies Inc. Article comprising a spatially varying Bragg grating in an optical fiber

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US5636304A (en) * 1992-12-23 1997-06-03 Lucent Technologies Inc. Article comprising a spatially varying Bragg grating in an optical fiber
EP0668519A1 (en) * 1994-02-18 1995-08-23 AT&T Corp. Spatially-varying distributed bragg-reflectors in optical media

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN106772782A (en) * 2017-01-19 2017-05-31 华中科技大学 A kind of continuous Written Device of multifunctional optical fiber micro-structural and method
CN106772782B (en) * 2017-01-19 2017-10-31 华中科技大学 A kind of continuous Written Device of multifunctional optical fiber micro-structural and method

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