• DocumentCode
    1391955
  • Title

    Mechanical strength characteristics of tin-codoped germanosilicate fibre Bragg gratings by writing through UV-transparent coating

  • Author

    Imamura, K. ; Nakai, T. ; Moriura, K. ; Sudo, Y. ; Imada, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Res., Mitsubishi Cable Ind. Ltd., Hyogo, Japan
  • Volume
    34
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    5/14/1998 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1016
  • Lastpage
    1017
  • Abstract
    A Bragg grating reflector was fabricated through the coating with a centre wavelength of 1544.5 nm, and a peak reflectivity of 100%. Breaking strength of this grating was 61.05 N (4.97 GPa) at a rate of 1% strain/min. The change in the modulus of the coating layer was within 20%
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; germanium compounds; mechanical strength; optical fibre fabrication; silicon compounds; tin; 1544.5 nm; Bragg grating reflector fabrication; GeO2-SiO2:Sn; Sn-codoped germanosilicate fibre; UV-transparent coating; breaking strength; fibre Bragg gratings; mechanical strength characteristics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19980702
  • Filename
    682990