Inscription of the fibre Bragg gratings with femtosecond lasers

This article reviews fibre Bragg grating inscription techniques that utilizes the femtosecond laser pulse as well as properties of such structures. In particular, the two methods are presented, one that utilizes the phase mask technique, and the other one, based on the point by point inscription. Besides that, the thermal durability of such structures is presented. Moreover, complex structures are analyzed, with ablated cladding, what allows for high resolution measurements of the electromagnetic field.

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