• DocumentCode
    1477193
  • Title

    Highly tunable Bragg gratings in single-mode polymer optical fibers

  • Author

    Xiong, Z. ; Peng, G.D. ; Wu, B. ; Chu, P.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng., New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    352
  • Lastpage
    354
  • Abstract
    A Bragg grating in a single-mode polymer optical fiber (POF) has been created. The novel grating has a length of 1 cm with a reflectivity of 80% and a linewidth of about 0.5 nm. The wavelength tunability of the POF grating by stretching was investigated and a wavelength tunable range of 20 nm has been achieved. Based on the properties of the polymer, we believe that this kind of grating has a wavelength tuning potential of more than 100 nm.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; optical tuning; polymer fibres; reflectivity; 1 cm; Bragg grating; fabrication; highly tunable Bragg gratings; linewidth; polymer optical fiber; reflectivity; single-mode polymer optical fibers; stretching; wavelength tunability; wavelength tunable range; wavelength tuning potential; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Glass; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Preforms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.748232
  • Filename
    748232