DocumentCode
2872527
Title
Photo-thermal effects in fiber Bragg gratings
Author
Littler, Ian C M ; Grujic, Thomas ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The photo-thermal effect describes the absorption of light and a change in grating characteristics via dn/dT, which can mask fast non-linear optical effects. The effect is characterized and a method to reduce it is demonstrated.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; light absorption; nonlinear optics; optical fibres; photothermal effects; fiber Bragg gratings; grating characteristics; light absorption; nonlinear optical effects; photo-thermal effects; Absorption; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; (060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications: Fiber optics components; (140.6810) Lasers and laser optics: Thermal effects; (190.4870) Nonlinear optics: Optically induced thermo-optical effects; (230.1480) Optical devices: Bragg reflectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628320
Filename
4628320
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