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Single-mode sapphire fiber Bragg grating

Abstract:
Sapphire optical fiber has the ability to withstand ultrahigh temperatures and high radiation, but it is multimoded which prevents its use in many sensing applications. Problematically, Bragg gratings in such fiber exhibit multiple reflection peaks with a fluctuating power distribution. In this work, we write single-mode waveguides with Bragg gratings in sapphire using a novel multi-layer depressed cladding design in the 1550 nm telecommunications waveband. The Bragg gratings have a narrow bandwidth (<0.5 nm) and have survived annealing at 1000°C. The structures are inscribed with femtosecond laser direct writing, using adaptive beam shaping with a non-immersion objective. A single-mode sapphire fiber Bragg grating is created by writing a waveguide with a Bragg grating within a 425 µm diameter sapphire optical fiber, providing significant potential for accurate remote sensing in ultra-extreme environments.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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0000-0001-6678-4993
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
Oxford college:
New College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1688-259X


Publisher:
Optica Publishing Group
Journal:
Optics Express More from this journal
Volume:
30
Issue:
9
Pages:
15482-15494
Publication date:
2022-04-21
Acceptance date:
2022-02-24
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EISSN:
1094-4087


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1253602
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pubs:1253602
Deposit date:
2022-05-02

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