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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 19 — Sep. 10, 2012
  • pp: 21434–21449

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Cladding mode coupling in highly localized fiber Bragg gratings II: complete vectorial analysis

Jens U. Thomas, Nemanja Jovanovic, Ria G. Krämer, Graham D. Marshall, Michael J. Withford, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefan Nolte, and Michael J. Steel  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 19, pp. 21434-21449 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.021434


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Abstract

Highly localized fiber Bragg gratings can be inscribed point-by-point with focused ultrashort pulses. The transverse localization of the resonant grating causes strong coupling to cladding modes of high azimuthal and radial order. In this paper, we show how the reflected cladding modes can be fully analyzed, taking their vectorial nature, orientation and degeneracies into account. The observed modes’ polarization and intensity distributions are directly tied to the dispersive properties and show abrupt transitions in nature, strongly correlated with changes in the coupling strengths.

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OCIS Codes
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
(060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
(320.7130) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast processes in condensed matter, including semiconductors
(060.3735) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber Bragg gratings

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: July 18, 2012
Revised Manuscript: August 6, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: August 6, 2012
Published: September 4, 2012

Citation
Jens U. Thomas, Nemanja Jovanovic, Ria G. Krämer, Graham D. Marshall, Michael J. Withford, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefan Nolte, and Michael J. Steel, "Cladding mode coupling in highly localized fiber Bragg gratings II: complete vectorial analysis," Opt. Express 20, 21434-21449 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-19-21434


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