Writing Bragg Gratings in Multicore FibersEmma Y. Lindley 1, Seong-sik Min 1,2, Sergio G. Leon-Saval 1,2, Nick Cvetojevic 1,2,3,4, Jon Lawrence 4, Simon C. Ellis 1,4, Joss Bland-Hawthorn 1,2
1Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, 2Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, School of Physics, University of Sydney, 3Center for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems, School of Physics, University of Sydney, 4Australian Astronomical Observatory
We describe a technique for inscribing identical fiber Bragg gratings into each core of a multicore fiber. This is achieved by introducing an additional surface into the optical path to mitigate lensing by the curved surface of the fiber cladding.