Abstract: The invention relates to an exposure method for producing a Bragg grating on a photosensitive guide (120) or optical fiber (120), in which method the guide (the fiber) (120) is scanned by a light beam (300) and means (100, 220, 230) are provided for modulating the exposure time along the guide (the fiber) by varying the speed at which the beam (300) moves along the guide (the fiber) (120) so that it is located opposite each location of the guide (the fiber) (120) for a time period that varies with the location, the method including the step of disposing in front of the guide (the fiber) (110) a system (140) adapted to create interference fringes on the guide (the fiber) (120) and to scan the beam (300) over the interference system (140) at a speed that is modulated along the system (140), and furthermore the step of having the beam scan the guide (the fiber) (120) at a modulated speed without the interference system (140) on the path of the beam (300), the scanning with the interference system (140) being eff
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2000
Date of Patent:
June 3, 2003
Assignee:
SA Highwave Optical Technologies
Inventors:
David Mechin, Michel Nolf, Philippe Grosso
Abstract: An optical fiber for producing energy-dissipative and wavelength—selective filters is presented. The fiber includes a core and a cladding that are photosensitive to radiation and have a periodic perturbation of the refractive index. The periodic perturbation defines at least one Bragg grating with lines tilted with respect to the axis of the fiber. The refractive index difference between the core and the cladding is less than 3×10−3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 2000
Date of Patent:
February 4, 2003
Assignee:
SA Highwave Optical Technologies
Inventors:
Laurent Brilland, David Pureur, Jean-François Bayon, Eric Delevaque