Title :
Tailored thermal stabilisation of type I gratings
Author :
Åslund, M.L. ; Canning, J. ; Stevenson, M. ; Cook, K.
Author_Institution :
Interdiscipl. Photonics Labs. (iPL), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Pre-annealing of type I gratings at increasing temperatures below regeneration is shown to thermally stabilise the gratings to temperatures as high as 600degC. This allows optimisation of the grating strength and the temperature stability to suit the application. It also raises questions about the fundamental assumptions made in glass annealing studies and prediction.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; annealing; optical fibre fabrication; thermal stability; thermo-optical devices; glass annealing; temperature stability; thermal stabilisation; type I fibre Bragg grating; Annealing; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Glass; Hydrogen; Laser stability; Photonics; Telecommunication standards; Temperature; Thermal degradation;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343200
