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2 November 2011 Fiber Bragg grating fabrication for the implementation of sensors in the electronics and optoelectronics laboratory at BUAP
Y. E. Bracamontes Rodríguez, G. Beltrán Pérez, J. Castillo Mixcóatl, S. Muñoz Aguirre
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Abstract
Fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) are important optical devices since they have been quite successful not only in the field of communications but also in sensor systems and optical fiber lasers. In the sensors area they are generally used as detection elements for different physical parameters such as temperature, strain, flow, etc. In the electronics and optoelectronics laboratory at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (LEyO-BUAP), there are already experimental setups of sensors as well as laser systems, where FBGs are fundamental elements for their adequate performance. However, these FBGs are commercial devices and they present limited characteristics in their transmission profiles, bandwidth and reflectivity. On the other hand, in some occasions, the delivery time from the fabricant to the customer is quite long. Therefore, it is important for LEyO to implement a system to fabricate this kind of devices, which would mean LEyO independence in the technological development. In this work, results of FBGs fabrication based on the phase mask technique are presented. Such mask is optimized for UV and it has a period of 1060 nm. A Nd:YAG pulsed laser with a 5 ns pulse length and an energy of 40 mJ was used as the UV source employing the 4th harmonic generation to obtain a 266 nm wavelength. Ge-doped fiber was used to fabricate the devices.
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Y. E. Bracamontes Rodríguez, G. Beltrán Pérez, J. Castillo Mixcóatl, and S. Muñoz Aguirre "Fiber Bragg grating fabrication for the implementation of sensors in the electronics and optoelectronics laboratory at BUAP", Proc. SPIE 8011, 22nd Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Light for the Development of the World, 80114M (2 November 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.901960
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KEYWORDS
Fiber Bragg gratings

Ultraviolet radiation

Sensors

Reflectivity

Optical fibers

Electronics

Optoelectronics

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