The authors present a new interferometric technique for writing apodised Bragg gratings. Along the fibre, two UV-pulses interfere with a variable time delay, creating a Gaussian apodisation profile which strongly reduces the reflectivity sidelobes. This method allows the writing of truly apodised gratings by single exposure of a uniform phase-mask
Published in:
Electronics Letters
(Volume:34
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: 19 Feb 1998