Australian Astronomical Observatory 1 article published in JoVE Engineering Writing Bragg Gratings in Multicore Fibers Emma Y. Lindley1, Seong-sik Min1,2, Sergio G. Leon-Saval1,2, Nick Cvetojevic1,2,3,4, Jon Lawrence4, Simon C. Ellis1,4, Joss Bland-Hawthorn1,2 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.
