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 :
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