A method for fabricating fiber Bragg gratings including: scanning a
photosensitive optical fiber with ultraviolet laser light in a
longitudinal direction of the optical fiber by means of a phase mask
method, thereby forming periodic refractive index modulation structure in
a core of the optical fiber in the longitudinal direction; and
instantaneously moving a phase mask used in the phase mask method by a
predetermined distance in the longitudinal direction, thereby forming a
phase shift portion in the periodic refractive index modulation structure
formed in the core of the optical fiber, when a radiation position of the
ultraviolet laser light reaches a predetermined position, in the middle
of the scanning step using the ultraviolet laser light.