USA As Represented By Secretary Of The Navy

John A Moon

Jasbinder Singh Sanghera

Ishwar Dayal Aggarwal

Lynda E Busse

Barry B Harbison

A reflective Bragg grating in the interior of an infrared transmitting glass fiber, and a method for fabricating such reflective Bragg grating in the interior of the infrared transmitting glass fiber is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: producing first and second writing beams at the same wavelength; orienting the first and second writing beams in parallel with respect to each other; crossing the first and second writing beams at a preselected angle with respect to each other to form an interference pattern at the intersection of the first and second writing beams; positioning the infrared transmitting glass fiber at the intersection of the first and second writing beams so that the interference pattern occurs along a portion of the length of the infrared transmitting glass fiber; and maintaining the infrared transmitting glass fiber at the intersection of the first and second writing beams for a time sufficient to produce a Bragg grating in the core and cladding of the infrared transmitting glass fiber.

Fiber Bragg gratings in chalcogenide or chalcohalide based infrared optical fibers

A selenide glass with improved mechanical and optical properties such as ended transmission in the infrared region of radiation having wavelengths beyond 15 microns; Tg in the region of 363.degree.-394.degree. C.; and thermal stability of 85.degree.-145.degree. C. based on the difference between T.sub.g and T.sub.x, comprising, on mol basis, 20-70% germanium selenide, 0.5-25% gallium selenide, indium selenide or mixtures thereof; and 5-50% of at least one alkaline earth in selenide form is described. A process for improving mechanical and optical properties of a selenide glass based on germanium selenide comprises the steps of mixing glass components, including a modifier in elemental or selenide form; melting the glass components to form a molten mixture; cooling the molten glass mixture to a solid state; annealing the solid glass; and cooling the annealed glass to about room temperature is also described. The glass components can be in elemental form or in the form of selenides, and if in elemental form, then sufficient amount of selenium is added to form selenides of the glass components.

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Alexandria, VA, United States of America

John A Moon