“…It has excellent wavelength selectivity in its spectral characteristics. In telecommunication systems, fibre gratings have found a wide range of important applications such as dispersion compensation [2], optical filtering, optical add-drop multiplexing in optical Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems [3,4], frequency stabilization of optical fibre lasers or semiconductor diode lasers [5], and gain flattening of erbium-doped fibre amplifiers [6], etc. They are also increasingly popular in various sensors for measuring temperature [7], pressure and strain [8], hydro-sound [9] and industrial process {1O].…”