• DocumentCode
    3129497
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5219755
  • Filename
    5219755