Using microcontact printing to generate amplitude photomasks on the surfaces of optical fibers: A method for producing in-fiber gratings
- 6 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 70 (1) , 7-9
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.119313
Abstract
This letter describes a method for producing in-fiber gratings that reduces the effects of mechanical and optical instabilities limiting other methods. In this technique, opaque lines formed on the outside of the fiber using a procedure known as microcontact printing, serve as an amplitude photomask for exposure to ultraviolet light. Long-period fiber optic attenuators formed by ths technique demonstrate its advantages.Keywords
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