Wavelength tuning, chirping and thermally induced decay of type IA FBGs using purely optical methods

Kyriacos Kalli*, George Simpson, Kaiming Zhou, Lin Zhang, David Birkin, Tim Ellingham, Ian Bennion

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Abstract

We report experimental measurements of reversible wavelength tuning, chirping and permanent thermally induced decay of type 1A fibre Bragg gratings using purely optical means. The grating properties are modified in a controlled manner by utilising the characteristics of the intrinsic 1400nm absorption band of the optical fibre and two tuneable lasers coincident with that band. It is shown that the type 1A grating can be selectively tuned in a grating network and that selective tuning can be attained in a common section of suitably prepared optical fibre. Applications of this approach for tuning fibre lasers or edge filter modification in sensing applications are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number220
Pages (from-to)896-899
Number of pages4
JournalProceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume5855
Issue numberPART II
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2005
Event17th international conference on Optical Fibre Sensors - Bruges, Belgium
Duration: 23 May 200527 May 2005

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Keywords

  • Fibre Bragg gratings
  • Optical fibre sensors
  • Photosensitivity
  • Type 1A grating
  • Wavelength tuning

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