Title :
Multimode fiber Bragg gratings-spectral characteristics and applications
Author :
Mizunami, Toru ; Gupta, Sanjay ; Yamao, Takashi ; Shimoura, T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Kitakyushu, Japan
Abstract :
Bragg gratings formed in multimode graded-index fiber showed multiple reflection spectra. The reflectivities were 96.6% for few-mode excitation and 36% for uniformly multimode excitation. Effects of bending and sensor applications are also discussed
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; bending; few-mode excitation; multimode fiber Bragg grating spectral characteristics; multimode graded-index fiber; multiple reflection spectra; reflectivities; sensor applications; uniformly multimode excitation;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971519
