Sampled Bragg gratings in chalcogenide (As2S3) rib-waveguides

Date

2006-10-02

Authors

Baker, Neil J
Lee, Ho W
Littler, I C M
de Sterke, C Martijn
Eggleton, Benjamin J
Madden, Steve
Luther-Davies, Barry
Choi, Duk-Yong

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Optical Society of America

Abstract

We have written a sampled Bragg grating into a highly photosensitive chalcogenide (As2S3) rib-waveguide using a scanning Sagnac interferometer. The grating exhibits evenly spaced rejection peaks over a 40 nm bandwidth. We estimate the induced refractive index change of the waveguide to be over 0.03 by matching the measured spectrum to numerical solutions of the coupled mode equations while accounting for an induced chirp. The sampled Bragg grating presented is comparable in strength and bandwidth to the best sampled Bragg gratings obtained to date in silica optical fibre.

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holographic interferometry, glass and other amorphous materials, Bragg reflectors

Citation

Optics Express 14.20 (2006): 9451-9459

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Optics Express

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