• DocumentCode
    2987947
  • Title

    Comparison of the Induced Birefringence in Fiber Bragg Gratings Fabricated with Ultrafast-IR and CW-UV Lasers

  • Author

    Lu, Ping ; Mihailov, Stephen J. ; Grobnic, Dan ; Walker, Robert B.

  • Author_Institution
    Communications Research Centre Canada, 3701 Carling Avenue, Box. 11490, Station H Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K2H 8S2, ping.lu@crc.ca
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The changes of birefringence in FBGs induced by ultrafast-IR and CW-UV lasers in SMF28 fibers are measured during grating inscription. Throughout annealing up to 800 °C, the birefringence reductions are also examined.
  • Keywords
    Annealing; Birefringence; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801001
  • Filename
    4801001