Fabrication of Dual-Wavelength Fiber Bragg Grating with a Longitudinal Stretch

Abstract

A method of fabricating dual-wavelength fiber Bragg grating with a uniform phase mask is demonstrated. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation using Matrix method are given. The moving exposing technique is adopted. Good control over the grating s reflectivity and the separation of the two Bragg wavelengths is enabled by adjusting the stretch, the length of the grating, and the exposure. A grating with two equal transmission peaks of 19.5 dB is obtained by using this method, and the separation of the two Bragg wavelengths is 0.78 nm.

Keywords

fiber Bragg grating (FBG), dual-wavelength fiber Bragg grating, Matrix method