Abstract

We propose a new method for characterizing the local parameters of fiber Bragg gratings. This method combines measurement of the complex impulse response by optical low-coherence reflectometry and reconstruction of the complex coupling coefficient by layer peeling. Application of the method to a nonhomogeneous grating shows that the local coupling coefficient can be precisely determined with an axial resolution below $20 \mathit{\mu }\mathrm{m}$ and a maximum error of less than 5% for amplitude and phase, respectively.

© 2003 Optical Society of America

Rapid characterization of the ultraviolet induced fiber Bragg grating complex coupling coefficient as a function of irradiance and exposure time

Gordon M. H. Flockhart, Geoffrey A. Cranch, and Clay K. Kirkendall
Appl. Opt. 46(34) 8237-8243 (2007)

Improved implementation of optical space domain reflectometry for characterizing the complex coupling coefficient of strong fiber Bragg gratings

Geoffrey A. Cranch and Gary A. Miller
Appl. Opt. 48(22) 4506-4513 (2009)

Group-delay ripple correction in chirped fiber Bragg gratings

M. Sumetsky, P. I. Reyes, P. S. Westbrook, N. M. Litchinitser, B. J. Eggleton, Y. Li, R. Deshmukh, and C. Soccolich
Opt. Lett. 28(10) 777-779 (2003)

Fiber Bragg gratings made with a phase mask and 800-nm femtosecond radiation

Stephen J. Mihailov, Christopher W. Smelser, Ping Lu, Robert B. Walker, Dan Grobnic, Huimin Ding, George Henderson, and James Unruh
Opt. Lett. 28(12) 995-997 (2003)

Polarization-resolved spatial characterization of birefringent Fiber Bragg Gratings

Ole Henrik Waagaard
Opt. Express 14(10) 4221-4236 (2006)