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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
John A. Moon, Alexandria, VA (US);
Lynda E. Busse, Lorton, VA (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Iswar D. Aggarwal, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
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.