• DocumentCode
    2739987
  • Title

    Fabrication/characterization of fiber gratings and photosensitivity in Ge-free Bi-Al-silica fibers

  • Author

    Limberger, Hans G. ; Ban, Christian ; Violakis, Georgios ; Dvoyrin, Vladislav ; Mashinsky, Valery ; Dianov, Evgeny

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    173
  • Lastpage
    174
  • Abstract
    Refractive index changes up to 2.5 × 10-3 were demonstrated in H2-loaded germanium free Bi-Al-doped silica fibers using both ArF excimer and cw-Ar+-244 nm lasers. Tensile stress changes indicate clear contribution of compaction to the total index change.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; bismuth; compaction; diffraction gratings; optical fibre fabrication; photochemistry; refractive index; silicon compounds; ArF excimer lasers; SiO2:Bi,Al; compaction; cw-Ar+ lasers; fiber grating fabrication; photosensitivity; refractive index; silica fibers; tensile stress; total index change; Bismuth; Bragg gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Winter Topicals (WTM), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Keystone, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8428-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTWTM.2011.5730103
  • Filename
    5730103
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2739987