Characterization of the growths of UV-induced birefringence in effective mode index and index modulation in fiber Bragg gratings

Author

Lu, Ping ; Waddy, David S. ; Mihailov, Stephen J. ; Ding, Huimin

Author_Institution

Opt. Commun. & Electrophotonics Sect., Commun. Res. Centre Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

17

Issue

11

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2337

Lastpage

2339

Abstract

The ultraviolet-induced polarization-mode dispersion and polarization-dependent loss of fiber Bragg gratings in single-mode fibers (SMF-28) are characterized in a real-time and in situ fashion during grating inscription. For the first time, the growths in birefringence of both the effective mode index and the index modulation are presented.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; ultraviolet radiation effects; UV-induced birefringence; effective mode index; fiber Bragg gratings; grating inscription; in situ fiber characterization; index modulation; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; real-time fiber characterization; single-mode fibers; Birefringence; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Writing; Birefringence; fiber Bragg grating (FBG); polarization-dependent loss (PDL); polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.857980

Filename

1522312