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
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