Title :
Thermal decay of fibre Bragg gratings
Author :
Baker, S.R. ; Rourke, H.N. ; Baker, V. ; Goodchild, D. ; Davis, S. ; Cullen, T.J. ; Baulcomb, R.S. ; Byron, K.C. ; Fielding, A. ; Clements, S.J.
Author_Institution :
NORTEL Technol., Harlow, UK
Abstract :
The thermal decay of fibre Bragg gratings is examined over a period in excess of 5000 hours. A new model is presented to predict the decay characteristics of gratings written in hydrogen loaded fibre
Keywords :
hydrogen; 5000 h; decay characteristics; fibre Bragg gratings; hydrogen loaded fibre written gratings; thermal decay;
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:19971416
