Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 50, Issue 4, 41404(2013)
Improvement of Beam-Spot Size in Fiber Bragg Grating Inscribed Point-by-Point with Infrared Femtosecond Laser
It is important that the light beam is focused into fiber core precisely with a small size when low-order fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is inscribed point-by-point with infrared femtosecond laser. The beam-spot size in fiber core is analyzed theoretically and simulated with Zemax software in the cases of focusing with an objective lens and focusing with an objective lens combined with a cylindrical lens separately when the optical fiber is thought as a cylindrical lens. The beam size is 0.67 μm×84 μm theoretically and 2.6 μm×76 μm simulatively separately when focusing using an objective lens, and the beam size is 3.76 μm×0.67 μm theoretically and 4.1 μm×2.2 μm simulatively separately when focusing using an objective lens combined with a cylindrical lens. It is found that the beam-spot size in the core can become very small when focusing using an objective lens combined with a cylindrical lens. This conclusion will provide possibility and basis for the fabrication of low-order FBG.
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Hu Liaolin, Bu Lina, Hua Dengxin. Improvement of Beam-Spot Size in Fiber Bragg Grating Inscribed Point-by-Point with Infrared Femtosecond Laser[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2013, 50(4): 41404
Category: Lasers and Laser Optics
Received: Jan. 5, 2013
Accepted: --
Published Online: Mar. 22, 2013
The Author Email: Liaolin Hu (huliaolin@yahoo.com.cn)