Title :
Drawing-Induced Index Anisotropy in Single-Material Endlessly Single-Mode Microstructured Optical Fibers
Author :
Sévigny, Benoit ; Faucher, Mathieu ; Godbout, Nicolas ; Lacroix, Suzanne
Abstract :
We report evidence of frozen-in viscoelastic strain and viscosity gradient arising from fiber drawing of pure silica endlessly single-mode holey optical fiber through phase retardation measurements. Tomographic reconstruction indicates non-uniform stress distribution during cooling.
Keywords :
drawing (mechanical); holey fibres; image reconstruction; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical tomography; silicon compounds; viscoelasticity; SiO2; drawing-induced index anisotropy; fiber drawing; frozen-in viscoelastic strain; nonuniform stress distribution; phase retardation measurement; single-mode holey optical fiber; single-mode microstructured optical fibers; tomographic reconstruction; viscosity gradient; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Cooling; Elasticity; Optical fibers; Phase measurement; Silicon compounds; Strain measurement; Stress; Tomography; Viscosity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452367
