Page 129 - Fiber Bragg Gratings

XeCl (308 nm) Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above
pumped dye
laser
Argon ion laser, 257, 244, intra- Up to ~2 W; up 1 mm, elliptical High coherence, Source with an
514/488 nm cavity to ~1 W CW TEMOO can be oper- excellent beam
frequency- ated single- quality for grat-
doubled in frequency but ing fabrica-
KDP/BBO not necessary tion; contact
and noncon-
tact phase
mask/
interferometer
but not ideal
for Type II grat-
ings
Diode pumped 262, frequency- -100 mW QS ~1 mm elliptical Medium coher- Good source for
quadrupled QS doubled exter- 100 ns pulses TEMOO ence, good Type I and II
NdrYLF (1048 nally in KTP beam quality grating writ-
nm) and BBO ing in fibers
and planar
Argon ion laser Fundamental -200 mW 1 mm TEMOO Excellent coher- Writing through
at 302 nm wavelength ence: tube life- the jacket of
time? D/H 2 loaded fi-
bers
Krypton ion laser Frequency- >1 W 1 mm TEMOO Ideal near-UV Through the
a
at 647 nm doubled in source; long jacket inscrip-
BBO to 323.5 lifetime tion of D/H 2
nm loaded fibers

"Proposed by author; unused as yet.