Performance of Bragg and long-period gratings written in N- and Ge-doped silica fibers under /spl gamma/-radiation

Abstract

In-fiber Bragg and long-period gratings as well as Mach-Zehnder interferometers based on germanium- and nitrogen-doped silica fibers have been investigated under /spl gamma/-rays. The majority of the experimental results suggest that both types of gratings in both types of fibers are stable with respect to /spl gamma/-ray doses of up to 1.47 MGy.