Title :
CO2-laser writing of long-period gratings in tensioned boron-doped fibers
Author :
Zhang, Chunshu ; Chiang, Kin Seng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
We investigate CO2-laser writing of long-period gratings in tensioned boron-doped fibers. With sufficient tension, the rejection bands for axially symmetric cladding modes can be suppressed, while new bands for non-axially symmetric cladding modes are produced.
Keywords :
boron; carbon compounds; diffraction gratings; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; CO2; JkJk:B; axially symmetric cladding modes; laser writing; long-period gratings; mode suppression; rejection bands; tensioned boron-doped fiber; Capacitive sensors; Fiber gratings; Glass; Heating; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Residual stresses; Tensile stress; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5219755
