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Phase photo masks produced by means of electron beam lithography and ion etching for Bragg gratings
Krátký, Stanislav ; Urbánek, Michal ; Kolařík, Vladimír ; Horáček, Miroslav ; Chlumská, Jana ; Matějka, Milan ; Šerý, Mojmír ; Mikel, Břetislav
Fiber Bragg grating is based on the local changes of refractive index in the core of the optical fiber. It has a wide application area, e.g. different types of filters in communications, and it may also be used in sensing of mechanical stresses. One can use different technologies to prepare this type of grating, e.g. the refractive index can be modified directly during production of an optical fiber. Further, the grating may be exposed point by point by a laser beam. The most effective way is an exposure through a phase mask, since a mask may be used for the production of hundreds of grids. This paper discusses different approaches for the preparation of phase masks in terms of impact on the quality of the exposed Bragg grating. The lattice phase mask is defined mainly by two parameters; period and depth.
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