Optical fibers with depressed claddings for suppression of coupling into cladding modes in fiber Bragg gratings

Liang Dong, L. Reekie, J.L. Cruz, J.E. Caplen, J.P. de Sandro, D.N. Payne

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 1997 · 47 citations · 3 references

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Abstract

A new method for suppression of coupling from guided optical modes into cladding modes in an optical fiber Bragg grating using a fiber with a strongly depressed cladding is proposed. Strong suppression of the coupling has been demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally.

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