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The period of fiber Bragg gratings is adapted by shaping the wavefronts of ultrashort laser pulses applied in a phase mask inscription technique. A specially designed deformable mirror, based on a dielectric substrate to withstand high peak powers, is utilized to deform the wavefront. A shift of about 11 nm is demonstrated for a Bragg wavelength around 1550 nm.
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In this Letter, we present a direct writing technique for two-dimensional periodic volume Bragg gratings (VBGs) in fused silica based on the phase mask technology, ultrashort laser pulses, and three-beam interference. An algorithm to predict the grating pattern and its diffraction behavior under collimated, spectral broad illumination is developed. The predicted data are in good agreement with the measurements.
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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.
